Method for the hydroformylation of olefinically unsaturated compounds, especially olefins, in the presence of cyclic carbonic acid esters

US7317130B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Moller · Recklinghausen, DE
• Dirk Fridag · Haltern am See, DE
• Cornelia Borgmann · Frankfurt, DE
• Dieter Hess · Marl, DE
• Klaus-Diether Wiese · Haltern am See, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C45/50
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing aldehydes by hydroformylation of olefinically unsaturated compounds catalyzed by metals of groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements in the presence of cyclic carbonic esters and ligands which contain no sulfonic acid or sulfonate group.