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Process for preparing aldehydes
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1985-04-04
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Granted: 1986-06-03
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Expires: 2005-04-04
Abstract
Abstract A process for the hydroformylation of aldehydes comprising reacting aliphatic olefins with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a liquid phase in the presence of water, a rhodium catalyst and a water soluble salt of a sulfonated or carboxylated triarylphosphine, the reaction taking place in the presence of an aqueous phase having a pH of about 5.5 to about 6.2.
Inventors
- 👤 Boy Cornils
- 👤 Werner Konkol
- 👤 Hanswilhelm Bach
- 👤 Georg Dambkes
- 👤 Wilhelm Gick
- 👤 Wolfgang Greb
- 👤 Ernst Wiebus
- 👤 Helmut Bahrmann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:09
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C47/00; C07C47/02; C07C45/00; C07C45/49; C07C45/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
70 words
In a process for preparing aldehydes by reacting an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of water, a rhodium catalyst soluble in the aqueous reaction phase and a water-soluble catalyst complexing agent, said reaction takes place in a liquid phase, said water giving rise to an aqueous phase, the improvement comprising maintaining the pH of said aqueous phase in the range of about 5.5 to about 6.2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
70 words
In a process for preparing aldehydes by reacting an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of water, a rhodium catalyst soluble in the aqueous reaction phase and a water-soluble catalyst complexing agent, said reaction takes place in a liquid phase, said water giving rise to an aqueous phase, the improvement comprising maintaining the pH of said aqueous phase in the range of about 5.5 to about 6.2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said pH is from about 5.8 to about 6.0.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said olefin is selected from aliphatic olefins having 2-12 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said rhodium catalyst is selected from rhodium metal, water-soluble rhodium compounds, and rhodium carbonyl compounds.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said complexing agent is a water-soluble salt of a carboxylated or sulfonated triarylphosphine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
191 words
The process of claim 5 wherein said phosphine is ##STR2## wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 , and Ar 3 are independently phenyl or naphthyl; X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 are independently carboxylate or sulfonate; each M is independently an alkali metal ion, an equivalent of an alkaline earth metal ion or zinc ion, an ammonium ion, N + (R 3 R 4 R 5 R 6 ) wherein each of R 3 -R 6 is independently an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y 1 , Y 2 , and Y 3 are each independently alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy, halogen, OH, CN, NO 2 , or R 1 R 2 N wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; n 1 , n 2 , and n 3 are each independently an integer from 0 to 5; and m 1 , m 2 , and m 3 are independently integers from 0 to 3 provided that at least one of m 1 , m 2 , and m 3 is greater than 0.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said m 1 , m 2 , and m 3 are all 1; said X 1 , X 2 , and X 3 are all sulfonate; and said Ar 1 , Ar 2 , and Ar 3 are all phenyl.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said pH if adjusted with inorganic acids, acid salts of multivalent inorganic acids, or water-soluble organic acids.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said pH is adjusted with a buffer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 9 wherein said buffer is selected from Na 2 HPO 4 /KH 2 PO 4 and KH 2 PO 4 /borax.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said rhodium is present in an amount of from about 10 to about 2000 weight ppm relative to said aqueous phase.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said complexing agent is present in an amount of about 1 to about 1000 mole per gram-atom of rhodium.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said reaction takes place at a temperature of about 20° to about 150° C. and a combined hydrogen and carbon monoxide pressure of about 1 to about 200 bar and said carbon monoxide and said hydrogen are utilized in a volume ratio of about 1:1.
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