Claims
- 1. In a process for dimerizing a normal 1-alkene containing 3-8 carbons in the presence of a supported alkali metal as a catalyst, the improvement which comprises conducting the reaction in the presence of an oxide of sodium, potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium as a co-catalyst, the catalyst composition containing about 200-1500 weight % of support and about 10-100 mol % of co-catalyst, based on the amount of alkali metal catalyst.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 472,889, filed Jan. 31, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 282,674, filed Dec. 12, 1988, now abandoned.
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