Hydroformylation

US7049473B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Mackewitz · Mannheim, DE
• Martin Volland · Heidelberg, DE
• Rocco Paciello · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Ansgar Schäfer · Karlsruhe, DE
• Bernhard Breit · Gundelfingen, DE
• Wolfgang Seiche · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2004
• Grant date: May 23, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2531/847
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for hydroformylating in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one complex of a metal of transition group VIII with mono-phosphorus compounds which are capable of dimerizing via noncovalent bonds as ligands, to such catalysts and to their use.