Patent ID: 6717018
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C

Abstract:
A process for producing oxygenated products from an olefinic feedstock, which process includes reacting, in a hydroformylation reaction stage, an olefin feedstock with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst comprising a mixture or combination of a metal, M, where M is cobalt (Co), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru) or palladium (Pd); carbon monoxide; and a bicyclic tertiary phosphine having a ligating phosphorus atom and being a [3.3.1]phosphabicyclononane represented by formula (III): whereR1 is an alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl group; R2 is an alkyl group; and R3 is an alkyl group, to produce oxygenated products comprising aldehydes and/or alcohols.