HIGHLY REACTIVE METAL HYDRIDES, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE

摘要

The invention relates to powdery, highly reactive alkaline and alkaline earth hydride compounds and mixtures with elements of the third main group of the periodic table of elements (PTE), and to the preparation thereof by reacting alkaline or alkaline earth metals in the presence of finely divided metals or compounds of the third main group of the PTE, the latter having one or more hydride ligands or being converted in situ, under the prevailing reaction conditions, i.e. in the presence of hydrogen gas or another H source, to hydride species. The invention also relates to the use thereof for the preparation of complex hydrides and organometallic compounds.