Process for producing finely divided, highly reactive magnesium and the use of the same

Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to a process for preparing a finely divided, highly reactive magnesium from magnesium hydride, magnesium anthracene and/or its derivatives or magnesium butadiene and/or its alkyl or phenyl derivatives, which process is characterized in that the respective magnesium-containing compound is thermally decomposed at a pressure from 10-6 to 1 bar, the decomposition being carried out in the presence of a co-reactant of a consecutive reaction, or such co-reactant being added only after completion of the precipitation of the magnesium, or in the absence of such co-reactant, the magnesium obtained by said decomposition being isolated as a powder, and to the use of the finely divided, highly reactive magnesium for inserting magnesium into poorly reactive C-X bonds, wherein X denotes heteroatoms such as halogen, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, and the resulting organomagnesium compound may be used in a consecutive reaction according to a per se known method, and for the reversible preparation of active magnesium hydride by reaction with molecular hydrogen at a pressure of from 1 to 2 bar and at a temperature of from 150 DEG C. to 250 DEG C.

Inventors

• 👤 Boris Prof. Dr. Bogdanovic

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