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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne B. Ely, West Chester, PA (US);
Carl Andrew Renner, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/130 ; C07C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 3/130 ; C07C 2/900 ;
Abstract
A process that can be used for producing an alkali metal alcoholate such as sodium alcoholate or for removing a residual mixture containing alkali metal and alkaline earth metal from a vessel such as, for example, a tank car or storage tank used in manufacturing an alkali metal is disclosed. The process comprises contacting a mixture, which comprises an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal, with an alcohol under a condition sufficient to produce an alkali metal alcoholate and alkaline earth metal alcoholate and, optionally, separating and recovering the alkali metal alcoholate.