Process for the production of metal carbonyls
AssigneeUmicore AG & Co. KG
InventorsAndreas Rivas Nass, Ruben Ramon Mueller, Angelino Doppiu, Eileen Woerner, Ralf Karch
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for producing metal carbonyls, wherein a reaction with a reaction mixture containing the following components is conducted in a reactor: (a) at least one metal carboxylate of formula (MeRx)w, wherein Me is a transition metal, R is a monocarboxylate having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, x=1, 2, 3, or 4, and w=1, 2, or 3, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) an aliphatic alcohol having 4 to 7 carbon atoms—preferably, butanol—and (d) a solvent, wherein the average dwell time in the reactor is less than 60 minutes.
Claims13
A process for producing metal carbonyls, comprising reacting a reaction mixture containing the following components in a reactor:
- (a) at least one metal carboxylate of formula (MeRx)w, wherein Me is a transition metal, R is a monocarboxylate having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, x=1, 2, 3, or 4, and w=1, 2, or 3,
- (b) carbon monoxide,
- (c) an aliphatic alcohol having 4 to 7 carbon atoms, and
- (d) a solvent,
- wherein the reaction is carried out continuously and the average dwell time in the reactor is from 2 to 20 minutes, and wherein the reaction mixture does not contain one or more of the following further components:
- hydrogen,
- an additional reaction agent,
- a metal,
- an additional metallic salt,
- additional dicobalt octacarbonyl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.