Patent ID: 6753450
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process for the selective preparation of n-aldehydes in which at least one compound containing a vinyl or vinylidene group is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a source of a metal from sub-group VIII and in the presence of a bidentate diphosphine ligand, where the diphos-phine ligand has the general formula I in whichA together with the phosphorus atom to which it is bonded, in each case forms a 2-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1{3,7}]decyl radical, in which one or more non-adjacent carbon atoms may be replaced by oxygen atoms and which is substituted or unsubstituted, and X is a bridging chain having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and the molar ratio between the diphosphine ligand and the metal is at least 5.