Abstract:
A reaction between solids and liquids and/or gases is conducted in the liquid phase in a reactor A full of liquid wherein the reactor is divided by means of screening plates X with perforations of such a size that at any given speed of gas stream, gas-buffers are formed underneath the screening plates, resulting in the liquid being impeded in its path from the solid/liquid inleg g through the reactor, maintaining a uniformly distributed solid in the reaction space. An inert gas or an inert liquid may be used to provide the liquid/gas buffer in reactions in which the phase would normally be absent. A solution of iron pentacarbonyl in petroleum, free from iron particles, can be produced by circulating carbon monoxide through the reactor with finely divided iron suspended in petroleum.ALSO: Aluminium is reacted with olefins and hydrogen to produce aluminium trialkyls, the reaction being conducted in the liquid phase in a reactor (A) full of liquid wherein the reactor is divided by means of screening plates (X) having perforations of such a size that at any given speed of gas stream, gas-buffers are formed underneath the screening plates, resulting in the liquid being impeded in its path from the solid/liquid inlet (g) through the reactor and maintaining a uniformly distributed solid in the reaction space. An inert gas or an inert liquid may be used to provide the liquid/gas buffer in reactions in which the liquid phase would normally be absent. Exemplified products are aluminium tri-isohexyl, aluminium triethyl, aluminium di-ethyl hydride. In Example (4) finely divided magnesium in di-isobutyl ether is reacted with bromobenzene to yield phenyl magnesium bromide.