Aluminum Alkyls
AkzoNobel is a major, global supplier of aluminum alkyls. Using technology licensed by Nobel laureate Karl Ziegler, we pioneered large-scale production of aluminum alkyls in 1959.
Aluminum alkyls in Ziegler-Natta catalysis
Today, we offer a broad range of aluminum alkyls to the market for polymerization of olefins and dienes by Ziegler-Natta catalysis. Aluminum alkyls are also used in a variety of related technologies that are extensions of Ziegler chemistry. These include oligomerization of ethylene, dimerization and cyclodimerization of olefins and dienes, and ring opening polymerization.
| Product name | Chemical name | CAS No. |
| DEAC | Diethylaluminum chloride | 96-10-6 |
| DEAI | Diethylaluminum iodide | 2040-00-8 |
| DEAL-E | Diethylaluminum ethoxide | 1586-92-1 |
| DIBAC | Diisobutylaluminum chloride | 1779-25-5 |
| DIBAL-BOT | Diisobutylaluminum butylated oxytoluene | 56252-56-3 |
| DIBAL-H | Diisobutylaluminum hydride | 1191-15-7 |
| DMAC | Dimethylaluminum chloride | 1184-58-3 |
| EADC | Ethylaluminum dichloride | 563-43-9 |
| EASC | Ethylaluminum sesquichloride | 12075-68-2 |
| ISOPRENYL | Isoprenylaluminum | 70024-64-5 |
| MONIBAC | Isobutylaluminum dichloride | 1888-87-5 |
| TEAL | Triethylaluminum | 97-93-8 |
| TIBAL | Triisobutylaluminum | 100-99-2 |
| TMAL | Trimethylaluminum | 75-24-1 |
| TNHAL | Tri-n-hexylaluminum | 1116-73-0 |
| TNOAL | Tri-n-octylaluminum | 1070-00-4 |
Aluminum alkyls as effective alkylating agents
Aluminum alkyls also function as effective alkylating agents for production of organotin compounds and organophosphorus derivatives.
Our products are also important materials in pharmaceutical and fine chemical synthesis.
In addition to aluminum alkyls, AkzoNobel offers a wide range of other metal alkyls including magnesium alkyls, zinc alkyls, boron alkyls, and aluminoxanes.
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