Liquid coordination complexes: a new class of Lewis acids as safer alternatives to BF<sub>3</sub> in synthesis of polyalphaolefins

James M. Hogg, Fergal Coleman, Albert Ferrer‐Ugalde, Martin P. Atkins, Małgorzata Swadźba‐Kwaśny

Green Chemistry · 2015 · 64 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Low-viscosity polyalphaolefins were synthesised using AlCl<sub>3</sub>-based liquid coordination complexes (LCCs), in a sustainable and economically competitive process.

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