Continuous, selective hydroformylation in supercritical carbon dioxide using an immobilised homogeneous catalyst

Nicola Meehan, Martyn Poliakoff, Albertus J. Sandee, Joost N. H. Reek, Paul C. J. Kamer, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen

Chemical Communications · 2000 · 125 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

A continuous process for the selective hydroformylation of higher olefins in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is presented; the catalyst shows high selectivity and activity over several hours and no decrease in performance was observed over several days.

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