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Controlling the normal:iso aldehyde ratio in a mixed ligand hydroformylation process by controlling the syngas partial pressure

US8598389B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2010
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/582
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of controlling a hydroformylation process for producing normal (N) and iso (I) aldehydes at a N:I ratio, the process comprising contacting an olefinically unsaturated compound, e.g., propylene, with synthesis gas and a catalyst comprising a transition metal, e.g., rhodium, and an organopolyphosphite and an organomonophosphite ligand, the contacting conducted at hydroformylation conditions comprising a synthesis gas partial pressure, the method comprising increasing the synthesis gas partial pressure in the first reaction zone to decrease the N:I ratio or decreasing the synthesis gas partial pressure in the first reaction zone to increase the N:I ratio.

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