Alfol
Alfol : Also called the Conoco process and the M?hlheim process. The same name is used for the products as well. A process for making linear primary alcohols, from C2 to C28, from ethylene. The ethylene is reacted with triethyl aluminum, yielding higher alkyl aluminums. These are oxidized with atmospheric oxygen under mild conditions to aluminum alkoxides, which are then hydrolyzed by water to the corresponding alcohols: 2AlR3 + 3O2 + 2Al(OR)3, 2Al(OR3) + 3H2O + 6ROH + Al2O3. Invented by K. Ziegler at the Max Planck Institut f?r Kohlenforschung, M?hlheim/Ruhr, Germany. Operated in the United States by Conoco since 1962, and in Germany by Condea Chemie since 1964. See also: Epal. (Check source for accuracy of chemical formula)
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