Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Hiroaki Itagaki

Yoshiyuki Tanaka

Hisao Urata

Eitaro Takahashi

Chikara Kiyohara

Yasukazu Ogino

A non-aqueous electrolytic solution capable of depressing deterioration of battery properties in a high temperature environment is provided. A secondary battery is also provided. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing at least an organic solvent and a lithium salt further contains a particular pyridine compound.

Non-aqueous electrolytic solution and secondary battery containing same

A process for producing aldehydes, which comprises reacting a mono-olefinic compound with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a Group VIII transition metal compound of a bisphosphite compound of the following formula (1) or (2)

Process for producing aldehydes and bisphosphite compound to be used for the process

A bisphosphite compound of the following formula (A): ##STR1## wherein --Ar--Ar-- is a bisarylene group represented by any one of the formulae (A-I) to (A-III) defined in the specification, and each of Z.sub.1 to Z.sub.4 is a C.sub.4-20 aromatic or heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent, wherein each of substituents on carbon atoms of an aromatic ring adjacent to the carbon atom bonded to the oxygen atom in each of Z.sub.1 to Z.sub.4, is a C.sub.0-2 group, and each pair of Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, and Z.sub.3 and Z.sub.4, are not bonded to each other.

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