Alkali metal complex compounds
AssigneeStudiengesellschaft Kohle mbH
InventorBorislav Bogdanovic
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Abstract
The invention includes novel alkali metal complex compounds (and processes for their preparation) which are useful, inter alia for the hydrogenation of alkali metals at room temperature or below room temperature to form hydrides or nitrides.
Claims10
An alkali metal complex compound of general formula ##STR23## wherein Me represents an alkali metal, each X represents sulphur or oxygen, with the proviso that (1) all three X atoms are sulfur, (2) all three X atoms are oxygen or (3) X and X.sub.1 are sulfur and X.sub.2 is oxygen, n represents a whole number from 3 to 20, L and L' represents a mono- or polyfunctional ether or amine, respectively, p and q are whole numbers from 0 to 4, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl moieties and/or two or more such moieties closed to form an aliphatic or aromatic ring system.
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