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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ludger Bexten, Hunxe, DE;
Boy Cornils, Dinslaken, DE;
Hans-Dieter Hahn, Oberhausen, DE;
Hans Tummes, Oberhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Ruhrchemie Aktiengesellschaft, Oberhausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568451 ; 252439 ;
Abstract
An improvement in the process for the continuous manufacture of an aldehyde by reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a rhodium catalyst at an elevated temperature and pressure followed by distillative separation of the non-converted feedstocks and low boiling components of the reaction mixture, the improvement residing in employing a carbon monoxide/hydrogen mixture containing 2-20 ppm sulfur and recycling residual rhodium compounds, both dissolved and suspended in the distillation residue, to the reaction zone.