A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ON THE USE OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS IN THE PREPARATION OF ULTRA-PURE METALS

摘要

A survey of the literature on methods for recovering metals from organometallic compounds has been carried out. Possible recovery methods are thermal decomposition, photolysis, electrolysis, and hydrogenolysis. These have been appraised from the standpoint of contamination of the product by organic residues. Reaction of metals with gaseous organic free radicals has also been reviewed, but does not appear attractive as a means of purifica¬tion. Reactions of organic free radicals in solution with metals are also discussed.