Processes for preparing organometallic compounds

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METAL ALKYL AND METAL ALKOXIDE COMPOUNDS BY A SELF-REGULATTED PROCEDURE, COMPRISING THE STEP OF: FORMING A PACKING OF SOLID PHASE METALS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF METAL OF GROUPS IA, IIA AND IIIA AND HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE PROVIDING LIQUID AND VAPOR PHASE PASSAGE THROUGH SAID PACKING, LOCATING A QUANTITY OF VAPORIZABLE LIQUID PHASE MATERIAL AT THE BASE OF SAID PACKING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALCOHOL AND ALKYL HALIDE IN SEPARATED RELATION FROM SAID PACKING AND HAVING A BOILING POINT BELOW THE MELTING POINT OF SAID PACKING, HEATING SAID LIQUID PHASE MATERIAL TO ITS VAPORIZATION TEMPERATURE AND FORMING A CONTINUOUS VAPOR PHASE FLOW FROM CONTINUOUS FRACTIONAL VAPORIZATION OF SAID LIQUID PHASE MATERIAL, CONDUCTING ONE PORTION OF VAPOR PHASE MATERIAL FLOW THROUGH SAID PACKING TO EFFECT AT LEAST PARTIAL REACTION WITH SAID PACKING, CONDUCTING ANOTHER PORTION OF SAID VAPOR PHASE FLOW AS A BYPASS FLOW TO ENTER SAID PACKING AT A LOCATION ABOVE THE POINT OF ENTRY OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED VAPOR PHASE FLOW INTO SAID PACKING, AND CONDENSING AND REFLUXING UNREACTED VAPOR PHASE PORTIONS OF SAID FLOWS THROUGH THE PACKING TO REMOVE THE REACTION PRODUCT FREM WITHIN SAID PACKING IN ACCOMPANIMENT WITH THE REFLUX AS A COUNTERCURRENT FLOW TO SAID FIRST VAPOR PHASE FLOW.