Inventors:
Alvin E. Trevillyan - Naperville IL
Assignee:
Standard Oil Company (Indiana) - Chicago IL
International Classification:
C07F 1506
Abstract:
A novel, heterogeneous catalyst is useful in an improved process for the production of aldehydes and alcohols from olefinic hydrocarbons in the presence of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The catalyst consists of a polyphenylene substrate to which are bonded diphenylphosphine ligands complexed with a metal carbonyl, such as cobalt carbonyl. The catalyst has excellent thermal stability, is essentially insoluble in the reactants or reaction products, and is active in the hydroformylation reaction at a temperature of about 195. degree. C and a pressure of about 500 psig.