Cover Feature: Ethylene Oligomerization to Select Oligomers on Ni‐ETS‐10 (ChemCatChem 19/2018)

The Cover Feature shows the conversion of ethylene to 1‐butene on Ni‐ETS‐10 (Ni‐exchanged Engelhard Titanosilicate‐10) catalyst. The oligomerization of ethylene and propylene can be used for producing commodity chemicals, such as additives and comonomers in plastics. In their Communication, J. Thakkar demonstrate that Ni‐ETS‐10 can selectively convert ethylene to C4 alkenes with selectivity to C4 above 80%. Ni‐ETS‐10 showed high C2 conversion rate, high selectivity to C4 and high stability relative to other microporous catalysts investigated in this work. The Communication also introduces a method for synthesizing impurity free ETS‐10. More information can be found in the Communication by J. Thakkar et al. on page 4234 in Issue 19, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800650).