Reduction of concentration of inorganic by-products and organometallic by-products in the preparation of metallocenes and economical recovery of the starting materials used

Abstract

A process for separating inorganic and organometallic by-products from a mixture comprising at least one organometallic transition metal compound as product and at least one organometallic by-product and at least one inorganic by-product as by-products comprises the steps A) admixing the mixture comprising the product, the organometallic by-product and the inorganic by-product with a mixture comprising at least one polar organic extractant and water and separating off the undissolved residue, B) washing the residue from step A) with a nonpolar organic extractant or a mixture comprising at least one nonpolar organic extractant and at least one aprotic polar organic solvent and C) drying the residue which has been washed in step B) and comprises the organometallic transition metal compound.

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