Decene

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Decene Template:IPAc-en is an organic compound with the chemical formula Template:Chem2. Decene contains a chain of ten carbon atoms with one double bond, making it an alkene. There are many isomers of decene depending on the position and geometry of the double bond. Dec-1-ene is the only isomer of industrial importance. As an alpha olefin, it is used as a comonomer in copolymers and is an intermediate in the production of epoxides, amines, oxo alcohols, synthetic lubricants, synthetic fatty acids and alkylated aromatics.^[1]

The industrial processes used in the production of dec-1-ene are oligomerization of ethylene by the Ziegler process or by the cracking of petrochemical waxes.^[2]

In ethenolysis, methyl oleate, the methyl ester of oleic acid, converts to 1-decene and methyl 9-decenoate:^[3]

\overset{methyl oleate}{C H_{3} (C H_{2})_{7} C H = C H (C H_{2})_{7} C O_{2} M e} + C H_{2} = C H_{2} ⟶ \overset{1-decene}{C H_{3} (C H_{2})_{7} C H = C H_{2}} + \overset{9-decenoate}{M e O_{2} C (C H_{2})_{7} C H = C H_{2}}

Dec-1-ene has been isolated from the leaves and rhizome of the plant Farfugium japonicum and has been detected as the initial product in the microbial degradation of n-decane.