Abstract:
Production of organometallic compounds of sodium and potassium with alkylaromatic hydrocarbons (X) by reaction of the metal with a monochloride of a hydrocarbon (Y) and reaction of the organometallic compound formed with the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon (X). A fine dispersion of the metal in the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon (X) is first prepared by stirring a mixture of molten metal and hydrocarbon (X) in the presence of a dispersing agent; then the monochloride of the hydrocarbon (Y) is slowly added. The sodium or potassium compounds may be used for organometallic reactions or as monofunctional polymerization catalysts.
Abstract:
A process for the catalytic hydrogenation of polymers containing double bonds by the action of hydrogen on a solution of the polymer in an inert organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst complex comprising: A. a compound of iron, cobalt or nickel, B. an organo-aluminum compound, and C. a hexa-alkylphosphoric acid triamide of the general formula OP(NR2)3 in which R stands for alkyl of from one to four carbon atoms, the catalyst components A and B being used in a molar ratio of from 1 : 40 to 1 : 1 and the components A and C in a molar ratio of from 1 : 0.5 to 1 : 100.