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The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of aluminum oxide carboxylate polymers containing at most 2% by weight of ester by reacting an aluminum alkoxide of the general formula Al(OR).sub.3, wherein R stands for a C.sub.2-5 alkyl group, dissolved in an aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbon with a solution of a C.sub.8-22 aliphatic or alicyclic monocarboxylic acid or carboxylic acid mixture and water in a C.sub.2-5 alkanol and removing the alkanol(s). The process according to the invention comprises introducing the solution of the aluminum alkoxide to a tube reactor having a 10 to 200 length/diameter ratio at a temperature exceeding by 15.degree.to 50.degree.C. the boiling point of the higher boiling alkanol among that corresponding to the alkanol component of aluminum alkoxide and that used as solvent; then feeding in the alkanolic solution containing the monocarboxylic acid and water, wherein the aluminum/monocarboxylic acid mole ratio is at least 10:1 and the aluminum/water mole ratio is at least 10:1; removing the alkanol formed in the reaction; returning the reaction mixture into the tube reactor; repeating this operation until the mono-carboxylic acid/aluminum mole ratio reaches 0.95 to 1.05 and the water/aluminum mole ratio reaches 0.9 to 1.0; and then making the product obtained free from alkanol.

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