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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2004
Applicant:
Wei-jun Peng, Hurricane, WV (US);
Inventor:
Wei-Jun Peng, Hurricane, WV (US);
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 29/14 (2006.01); C07C 27/00 (2006.01); C07C 27/26 (2006.01); C07C 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention comprises a process for hydrogenation of aldehydes to alcohols using novel homogeneous catalysts. The catalysts are generated in situ under hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases in a suitable solvent, by mixing a rhodium catalyst precursor, such as Rh(CO)acetoacetonate and a defined ligand.