REACTION OF ALCOHOLS WITH ALPHA-OXIDES CATALYZED BY ALUMINUM AND TITANIUM ALCOHOLATE COMPLEXES OF BORON-TRIFLUORIDE ETHERATE .2. KINETIC REGULARITIES OF THE REACTION

The kinetic regularities of the oxyethylation of primary alcohols (but anol, hexanol, and decanol) were studied in the presence of a complex catalyst based on boron trifluoride etherate and aluminum and titanium alkoxides. The reaction orders with respect to reagents and a catalys t and the activation parameters of the reaction were determined. It wa s found that a complex of the catalyst with alcohol was an active cata lytic species involved in this reaction. The kinetic equation of the r eaction was suggested.