Oxo-aluminum acylates, alkoxides and phenoxides

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OXO-ALUMINUM CARBOXYLATES WHICH COMPRISES REACTING AN ALIPHATIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID FREE OF ANY FUNCTIONAL GROUPS WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE REACTION HEREIN SPECIFIED WITH AN ALUMINUM R-OXIDE IN THE MOL PROPORTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY 1:1 DURING HEATING OF THE REACTION MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 150*C. WHEREBY R-HYDROXIDE IS LIBERATED, CONTINUING THE HEATING UNTIL ONE MOL PORPORTION OF THE R-HYDROXIDE HAS DISTILLED OFF, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MOL PROPORTION OF THE MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TO THE REACTION MASS, HEATING THE REACTION MASS AT A TEMPERATUE OF AT LEAST 150*C. UNTIL AN ADDITIONAL MOL PROPORTION OR RHYDROXIDE IS LIBERATED BY THE REACTION AND DISTILLED OFF, HEATING THE RESULTING REACTION MASS TO A HIGHER TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 200 AT WHICH ESTER IS LIBERATED AND CONTINUING THE HEATING UNTIL A TOTAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY ONE MOL PROPORTION OF ESTER HAS BEEN LIBERATED BY THE REACTION, SAID R RADICALS BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBON RADICALS OF ALCOHOLS AND PHENOLS OF A VOLATILITY PERMITTING VAPORIZATION OF THE R-HYDROXIDE FORMED IN THE STEPS HEREINBEFORE SPECIFIED.