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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
May. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sandra Bogdanovic, Frankfurt, DE;
Klaus Kuhlein, Kelkheim, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/550 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/550 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing aldehydes by reacting one olefine containing 3 to 12 carbon atoms with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of one rhodium catalyst. The invention is characterized in that (a) the rhodium catalyst is present in an aqueous phase, whereby the aqueous phase contains i) rhodium in an elemental or bonded form, ii) one trisulfonated triaryl phosphine, and iii) one crown etherl (b) the olefine is present in the reaction conditions in a liquid organic phase which cannot be mixed with the aqueous phase.