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Distillation Columns are used to separate 1-Hexene, Cyclohexane and higher Oligomers. The Cyclohexane is separated and sent back to the reactor for Reuse.^[1]

The Trimerisation Reaction yields 99.85% Liquid Oligomers containing 93.83% Hexenes of which 99.2% is 1-Hexene (93% overall 1-Hexene). The main Side Products is a Mixture of Linear and Branched Decenes (5.38%).^[2]

1. Salian, S.M., Bagui, M. & Jasra, R.V. Industrially relevant ethylene trimerization catalysts and processes. Appl Petrochem Res 11, 267–279 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13203-021-00279-7

2. John T. Dixon, Mike J. Green, Fiona M. Hess, David H. Morgan, Advances in selective ethylene trimerisation – a critical overview, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 689, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 3641-3668, ISSN 0022-328X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.06.008.