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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1976
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony Macaluso, Sr, Port Arthur, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ; 2606 / ;
Abstract
A hydroformylation process for increasing the yield of straight chain unsubstituted primary alcohols from predominantly terminal olefins by contacting the olefins with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a cobalt catalyst is characterized by the incorporation of aqueous base in a base to cobalt molar ratio of about 10:1 to 20:1 in the reaction mixture before or after heating the same to reaction temperature. The base introduced in the oxo reactor while hydroformylation is occurring continuously converts by-products acetals and esters to the corresponding primary alcohols, thereby considerably increasing the yield thereof.