Catalytic preparation of alkali metal alkoxides

US6657091B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Kerstin Schierle-Arndt · Zwingenberg, DE
• Hans-Josef Sterzel · Schifferstadt, DE
• Dieter Schlafer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Josef Guth · Freinsheim, DE
• Holger Friedrich · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
• Peter Zehner · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/70
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Alkali metal alkoxides are prepared by reacting alkali metal amalgam with alcohol in the presence of a catalyst comprising iron having a carbon content of at least 0.3% by weight.