Process and apparatus for production of organometallic compounds
AssigneeEpichem Limited
InventorsAlbert Barry Leese, Graham Williams, Lesley Margaret Smith, Simon Andrew Rushworth, Phillip Reeve Jacobs, Elizabeth Ann McKinnell, David Joseph Houlton
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for the continuous production of organometallic compounds from a metal precursor and an alkylating agent. The reactants are delivered separately to a reaction centre (26) in a distillation column (2) wherein the reaction is maintained at a predetermined temperature to allow collection of the vaporised organometallic compound from the top of the column and removal of the waste products from the bottom of the column.
Claims31
A continuous process for the preparation of an organometallic compound comprising the steps of delivering a metal precursor and an alkylating agent separately to a reaction centre wherein the precursor reacts with the alkylating agent to form the organometallic compound, maintaining the reaction centre at a predetermined temperature to cause vapourisation of the organometallic compound and collecting the organometallic compound.
An apparatus for the preparation of an organometallic compound, the apparatus comprising at least two delivery conduits and a distillation column having a reaction centre and an outlet, wherein each conduit transports a metal precursor and an alkylating agent respectively to the reaction centre to allow the reactants to react together to form the organometallic compound, the temperature of the apparatus being maintained such as to allow collection of the vapourised organometallic compound from the outlet thereby enabling continuous production of the organometallic compound.
An apparatus as claimed in 27, wherein the distillation column is provided with a boiler at the base of thereof and a condenser at the top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.