DIMERS USED MANUFACTURING

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
VDIMER	VANTAGE OLEOCHEMICALS, INC.	4650 South Racine Avenue Chicago IL 60609	Dimers used for the manufacturing of polyamides for nylons and polyamides for hot melts, polyester fibers, polymers, coatings, lubricants, greases, plasticizers, epoxy resins, corrosion inhibitors, ink resins, hot melt adhesives and urethane elastomers; trimer acids used for the manufacturing of lubricants, fuel additives, corrosion inhibitors, coatings and sealants, water treatment chemicals, oil well chemicals, metal working compounds, curing agents and epoxy agents;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Linear 1-butene dimers and other linear alpha-olefin dimers are manufactured in high yield and with high selectivity by coupling of alpha-olefins. The coupling is accomplished by contacting alpha olefins with an iron-based catalyst activated with an aluminum-based co-catalyst. The catalyst is structured to preclude formation of multiple dimer products, and the byproducts of the olefin coupling consist almost exclusively of methyl branched olefin dimers. The dimers have potentially diverse use in areas stretching form pharmaceuticals to plastics. Linear 1-butene dimers may be particularly useful in the production of plasticizer alcohols which may in turn be used to manufacture high quality plastics with reduced leaching.