CPC C07C 4/06 (2013.01) [B01J 21/12 (2013.01); B01J 31/143 (2013.01); B01J 31/1616 (2013.01); C07C 17/06 (2013.01); C07C 29/50 (2013.01); C07C 41/01 (2013.01); C07C 45/455 (2013.01); C07C 51/15 (2013.01); C07C 67/24 (2013.01); C07C 231/02 (2013.01); C07C 2521/12 (2013.01); C07C 2531/16 (2013.01); C07C 2531/22 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A process comprising:
providing one or more polymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof;
providing a compound of formula (I):
Al(R1)3 (I),
wherein
R1 is independently selected at each occurrence thereof from the group consisting of H, aryl, C1-C8 alkyl, and C1-C8 alkoxy;
contacting the polymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof with the compound of formula (I), as a reaction mixture, in the presence of a catalyst having a formula (II):
Met(R2)n@support (II),
wherein
Met is a metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, hafnium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium;
R2 is independently selected at each occurrence thereof from the group consisting of H, C1-C10 alkyl, C5-C10 alkoxy, and BH4;
n is an integer ranging from 1 to 3; and
support is selected from the group consisting of silica, silica/alumina, and zeolites, under conditions effective to form alkanes, carboxylic acids, alcohols, alkyl halides, or aldehydes, which are shorter than the polymers, the oligomers, or the mixtures thereof; and
recovering the formed shorter alkanes, carboxylic acids, alcohols, alkyl halides, or aldehydes.
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