Catalytic processes for the production of coal water substance alkali metal compounds

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.