Process and apparatus for the isolation of pure, or substantially pure, organometallic compounds

摘要

A process and apparatus to enable the continuous isolation of an organometallic compound, such as trimethylindium form a liquid feedstock. The liquid feedstock is delivered to a distillation column (2) having two heating zones (6, 8) to effect dissociation of the feedstock thereby liberating the organometallic compound which is collected as a vapour form the top (4) of the column.