Tandem hydroformylation/hydrogenation of alkenes to normal alcohols using Rh/Ru dual catalyst or Ru single component catalyst

K Takahashi, M Yamashita…

Index: Takahashi, Kohei; Yamashita, Makoto; Nozaki, Kyoko Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 134, # 45 p. 18746 - 18757

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Abstract

The catalyst system for tandem hydroformylation/hydrogenation of terminal alkenes to the corresponding homologated normal alcohol was developed. The reaction mechanism for the Rh/Ru dual catalyst was investigated by real-time IR monitoring experiments and 31P NMR spectroscopy, which proved the mutual orthogonality of Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation and Ru-catalyzed hydrogenation. Detailed investigation about Ru-catalyzed ...