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• 592-41-6 1-hexene 
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• 142-62-1 hexanoic acid 
• 18908-66-2 3-bromomethylheptane 
• 693-04-9 butyl magnesium bromide 

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Emollients and cosmetic compositions based on specific branched hydrocarbons

A cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition is provided. The composition contains a mixture of oils prepared by Kolbe electrolysis of branched chain fatty acids and mixtures of branched chain fatty acids with straight chain fatty acids. The fatty acids containing from 3 to 26 carbon atoms. The oils are a mixture of oils with different spreading rates (spreading cascade).

Copper-catalyzed alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling reactions using hydrocarbon additives: Efficiency of catalyst and roles of additives

Cross-coupling of alkyl halides with alkyl Grignard reagents proceeds with extremely high TONs of up to 1230000 using a Cu/unsaturated hydrocarbon catalytic system. Alkyl fluorides, chlorides, bromides, and tosylates are all suitable electrophiles, and a TOF as high as 31200 h-1 was attained using an alkyl iodide. Side reactions of this catalytic system, i.e., reduction, dehydrohalogenation (elimination), and the homocoupling of alkyl halides, occur in the absence of additives. It appears that the reaction involves the β-hydrogen elimination of alkylcopper intermediates, giving rise to olefins and Cu-H species, and that this process triggers both side reactions and the degradation of the Cu catalyst. The formed Cu-H promotes the reduction of alkyl halides to give alkanes and Cu-X or the generation of Cu(0), probably by disproportionation, which can oxidatively add to alkyl halides to yield olefins and, in some cases, homocoupling products. Unsaturated hydrocarbon additives such as 1,3-butadiene and phenylpropyne play important roles in achieving highly efficient cross-coupling by suppressing β-hydrogen elimination, which inhibits both the degradation of the Cu catalyst and undesirable side reactions.

1-Hexene Oligomerization in Liquid, Vapor, and Supercritical Phases over Beidellite and Ultrastable Y Zeolite Catalysts

1-Hexene was oligomerized at 200°C and a pressure of 5 MPa in a down-flow fixed-bed tubular reactor filled with beidellite or ultrastable Y zeolite catalysts. Vapor, liquid, and supercritical states of the reacting hydrocarbons in the reactor tube were established by using propane, pentane, octane, and dodecane as solvents. The initial activity, stability with operation time, and selectivity are very dependent on the physical state of the hydrocarbons. Highest activity and stability are reached in the liquid phase using octane and dodecane solvent. The chain length of the solvent has a strong influence on the deactivation of the catalyst, on the oligomerization selectivity and on the formation of C6 saturates and cracked products.