Process for preparing trimethylaluminum by reducing methylaluminum chlorides with sodium using high shearing forces

US5359116A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Witco Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ralf Becker · Langen, DE
• Stefan Gurtzgen · Wuppertal, DE
• Jürgen Schneider · Kirchzarten, DE
• Rolf Schrader · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 1993
• Grant date: Oct 25, 1994
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F5/062
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing tri-methylaluminum from methylaluminum chlorides and sodium in a suspending agent, the reactants being subjected to the shearing action of a rotor-stator machine.