Article | REF: J5750 V1

Hydroformylation of alkenes (or olefins)

Author: Émile KUNTZ

Publication date: March 10, 2003

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


3. Hydroformylation of propene

The first cobalt-catalyzed olefin hydroformylation unit was commissioned in 1945 [7] . From 1945 to 1975, yields improved little; for example, for the cobalt process with propene [8] :

  • aldehyde selectivity C 4 : 86 % of which :

  • n-butanal selectivity: 70% ;

  • isobutanal selectivity: 16%.

Isobutanal was produced in excess of demand. The possibility of using rhodium catalysts to save propene and simplify the process had been investigated in the early 1970s (yield of butanal expected to exceed 90%, i.e. a 20% yield improvement over the cobalt process) [9]...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Unit operations. Chemical reaction engineering

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Hydroformylation of propene