CATALYZED HYDROCARBYLLITHIUM PROCESS

摘要

A catalytic process for alkylating an alkali metal selected from lithium, sodium and potassium with an alkyl halide containing 3 to 20 carbon atoms comprising conducting the reaction in the presence of a catalytic compound represented by the formula (RR1R2Ma)yA(R3)x wherein R, R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl groups, R3 is independently selected from alkyl groups containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, alkylene groups containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms, Ma is selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, and tin, A is selected from oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus, and x and y independently have values from zero to three.