Patent ID: 6274774
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B01J,C07C,C07F

Abstract:
A process for preparing aldehydes, which comprises reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound having from 6 to 16 carbon atoms with hydrogen and carbon monoxide at from 20 to 170.degree. C. and from 1 to 300 bar in the presence of an aqueous phase comprising rhodium and sulfonated triarylphosphines as catalyst and from 10 to 70% by weight of a compound of the formula (1) R(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n OR.sup.1, where, in the formula (1), R is hydrogen, a straight-chain or branched alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a methyl radical and n is an integer from 3 to 50.