Claims
- 1. In a process for producing a titanocene
wherein a titanium trichloride reagent is reacted with a ligand to produce a titanocene, the improvement which comprises utilizing as said titanium trichloride reagent, a titanium trichloride complex produced by treatment of titanium tetrachloride with particulate titanium in the presence of a reagent which forms a titanium trichloride complex wherein a titanium trichloride complex free of contamination with a salt of a metal other than titanium is produced.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein said treating is conducted in a non-interfering medium in which said titanium trichloride complex is insoluble.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein said treatment is accomplished in a medium which forms a titanium chloride complex.
- 4. The process of claim 1 wherein said treatment is accomplished in a medium comprising dimethoxyethane or tetrahydrofuran.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/784,736 filed Feb. 15, 2001.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
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Parent |
09784736 |
Feb 2001 |
US |
Child |
09880289 |
Jun 2001 |
US |