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Hydroformylation process

US6187962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 1999
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C29/16
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a hydroformylation process comprising the steps of: PA1 (a) contacting one or more ethylenically unsaturated compound(s) in a reaction zone with carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas in the presence of a solvent and a homogeneous catalyst based on a Group 8, 9 or 10 metal, and a non-ionically charged phosphorus ligand to form a crude hydroformylation product; PA1 (b) allowing a major portion of the solvent, wherein a major portion of the catalyst is dissolved, to separate and be withdrawn from the crude hydroformylation product in a phase separation zone; PA1 (c) removing from the separated hydroformylation product emerging from step (b) substantially all remaining catalyst dissolved therein with a non-aqueous extractant in an extraction zone.

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