Abstract:
In this work, alcoholysis reactions of aluminium-sec-butoxide, Al(OBu-S)3, with 2-ethoxyethanol (EtOCH2CH2OH) and 2-butoxyethanol (BuOCH2CH2OH), complexation reactions of Al(OBu-S)3 and of alcohol-modified Al(OBu-S)3 with methacrylic acid (MAC) and ethyl acetoacetate (EAAH), and the hydrolysis reactions of Al(OBu-S)3 and modified Al(OBu-S)3 are studied in some detail. Alcoholysis reactions of Al(OBu-S)3 were performed with different mole ratios of 2-ethoxyethanol and 2-butoxyethanol at room temperature and combining ratios were found to be 1:3 [Al(OBu-S)3 : alcohol] by 1H NMR analyses.