Patent ID: 8742177

Claim:
A continuous process for preparing branched unsaturated aldehydes comprising: providing a feedstock with 5 to 90% by weight of a C n aldehyde, wherein n is 3 to 8; wherein the feedstock additionally comprises 10 to 95% solvent; contacting the feedstock with a resin, the resin having acid functional groups and absent any metal from Group VIII; reacting the mixture with the resin to produce an exit stream having 5 to 99.99% by weight branched unsaturated C 2n aldehyde and at least 92% selectivity of reaction to the branched unsaturated C 2n aldehyde; removing at least a portion of the branched unsaturated C 2n aldehyde from the exit stream; and optionally recycling a portion of the exit stream to be reused in the feedstock.