Ebulliometric studies have been made on the hydrolysis of some zirconium alkoxides, Zr(OR)4 where R = Et, Prn, Bui, and Bun. The variation of the degree of polymerization of the zirconium oxide alkoxides so produced was determined as a function of the degree of hydrolysis. The results are interpreted in terms of structural models based on octahedrally 6-co-ordinated zirconium.