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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Slany, Kirchheim, DE;
Martin Schäfer, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Michael Schulz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07L / ;
Abstract
The process comprises reacting 2-, 3- or 4-pentenenitrile or mixtures thereof with carbon monoxide and a hydroxyl compound in the presence of a catalyst system comprising (i) a palladium(II) compound, (ii) a bidentate diphosphine ligand and (iii) an anion source. Novel catalyst systems containing diphosphine ligands of the bis(phosphinomethyl)amine type are also described.