S P E C T R O G R A P H I C TESTS o f Sunoco P r o p y l e n e Trimer disclose n e w s t r u o t u r a l i n f o r m a t i o n o f interest t o chemists t r y i n g t o r e d u c e costs.. . increase y i e l d s . . . d i s c o v e r n e w usess.
LOOKING FOR THE BEST LOW-COST OLEFIN? N o other olefin is p o t e n t i a l l y m o r e useful, or l o w e r in cost, t h a n Sunoco P r o p y l e n e Trimer Recent spectrographs tests o f Sunoco® Propylene Trimer show that this C-9 propylene polymer "cut" is composed almost entirely of mono-olefins ...with about 16% of the double bond in the terminal position. Distribution of t h e olefin types is indicated as follows: T e r m i n a l Olefins: R—CH = C H 2
^>C=CH
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Non-terminal Olefins R 1 rU _ r0 ~ ^R2 R i v rc _ rc / R 2 (cis.) 3 H > - c=c
