Linear alpha-olefin products which are enriched in one or more olefins of a selected carbon number are prepared by an ethylene chain growth process starting with a trialkylaluminum compound represented by the formula AlR₃, in which each R group contains 3 to 10 carbon atoms, adding an average number of ethylene units to the R groups so as to form aluminum alkyls which are enriched in R groups having the selected carbon number, recovering the alpha-olefin products from the aluminum alkyls by catalyzed alkyl displacement, and recycling the trialkylaluminum product of the displacement to the chain growth reaction.
富含一种或多种选定碳数烯烃的线性α-烯烃产品是通过
乙烯链增长工艺制备的,该工艺以式 AlR₃代表的三烷基铝化合物为起点,其中每个 R 基含有 3 至 10 个碳原子、向 R 基团中添加平均数量的
乙烯单元,以形成富含具有选定碳数的 R 基团的铝烷基,通过催化烷基置换从铝烷基中回收α-烯烃产物,并将置换产物中的三烷基铝回收到链增长反应中。