Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft

Wilhelm Joch

Walter Rogler

Hermann Richtzenhain

Arnold Lenz

Volker Hunger

Otto Bleh

Wilhelm Flick

An improvement in the preparation of orthosilicic acid tetraalkyl esters by reaction of metallic silicon with alcohol in the presence of alkali alcoholate is disclosed, the improvement residing in carrying out the reaction in the co-presence of an ether alcohol or alkanolamine as cocatalyst.

Method for preparation of orthosilicic acid tetraalkyl esters

A process for preparing an orthosilicic acid tetraester of a monoalkyl ether of an aliphatic glycol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which comprises contacting silicon, iron silicide or ferrosilicon with a monoalkyl ether of an aliphatic glycol having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in the aliphatic chain in the presence of the corresponding orthosilicic acid tetraalkoxy alkyl ether at a temperature between 125 and 250.degree. C.

Process for the preparation of orthosilicic acid tetraalkoxyalkyl esters

In the production of sodium aluminum hydride by reaction of an aluminum chloride etherate with sodium hydride in an inert liquid dispersing agent, the improvement which comprises using as said sodium hydride reagent coarse-grained sodium hydride which is first ground in said dispersing agent to a particle size less than about 12 microns; preferably the inert dispersible agent is tetrahydrofurane or a lower alkyl ether of a lower alkylene glycol, whereupon the resulting sodium aluminum hydride dissolves in the reaction medium.

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Wilhelm Joch