High iso aldehyde selectivity in the hydroformylation of short-chain alkenes

The hydroformylation of propene to give predominantly iso‐butanal has been achieved; class‐leading selectivity is possible even at higher temperatures that deliver fast conversion. Racemic rhodium complexes of bidentate phospholane phosphites derived from tropos‐biphenols and unusual solvent systems are the key to the selectivity observed.

Citation

Iu , L , Fuentes , J A , Janka , M , Fontenot , K J & Clarke , M L 2019 , ' High iso aldehyde selectivity in the hydroformylation of short-chain alkenes ' , Angewandte Chemie International Edition , vol. 58 , no. 7 , pp. 2120-2124 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811888

Publication

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Status

Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811888

ISSN

1433-7851

Type

Journal article

Rights

Copyright © 2019 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811888

Description

The authors thank the Eastman Chemical Company for funding (LI, and later JAF) and permission to publish. The EPSRC (EP/M003868/1) is also acknowledged for funding (JAF).

Collections

University of St Andrews Research

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19306