Akzo N.v.

Richard J Amata

Elliot I Band

Bor-Ping E Wang

Andrzej M Piotrowski

Gregory M Smith

Charles F Tirendi

A substantially pure, chemically distinct halomagnesium alkoxide compound is formed by reaction of a dihydrocarbylmagnesium compound with a compound which will replace an hydrocarbyl functionality thereon with an hydrocarbyloxy functionality and thereafter reacting the resulting product with a compound which replaces the other hydrocarbyl functionality with a halogen functionality, such as chlorine. The .sup.13 C nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of the product exhibits no more than one strong, narrow absorption peak for each chemically inequivalent carbon atom in the hydrocarbyloxy ligand of the compound.

Halomagnesium hydrocarbyloxide composition and process for preparation

Hydrocarbon-soluble complexes of magnesium haloalkoxides and alcohols (X.sub.n Mg(OR).sub.2-n.mR'OH pR'OH) are prepared in a non-Grignard reaction involving combination of sources of magnesium, halide, and alkoxide in the presence of an excess of the alcohol for the desired alkoxy group and an amount of lower alkyl alcohol to effect the desired solubilization of the complex.

Process of making halide/alkoxy-containing magnesium complex

Halide alkoxy-containing compounds of the formula ROMgX, where X is halide (e.g., chloride) and R is derived from a C.sub.4 -C.sub.15 normal secondary alcohol (e.g., 2-octanol) are hydrocarbon soluble.

Novel halide/alkoxy-containing magnesium compounds

Halide arylalkoxy-containing compounds of the formula ROMgX, where X is halide (e.g., chloride) and R is aralkyl (e.g., benzyl) are hydrocarbon soluble.

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