Synthesis of oxygenated organic compounds

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC OXYGENCONTAINING COMPOUNDS IN WHICH ALDEHYDES ARE PRODUCED IN GOOD YIELDS BY THE REACTION OF OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN, IN WHICH A FLUID COBALT CARBONYL IS USED AS CATALYST, WHICH COMPRISES CONTAINING SOLID COBALT METAL WITH A GAS COMPRISING CARBON MONOXIDE, IN THE ABSENCE OF OLEFIN FEED, IN A FIRST ZONE WHEREBY A FLUID COBALT CARBONYL IS FORMED, PASSING SAID FLUID COBALT CARBONY AS CATALYST THROUGH A SECOND ZONE TOGETHER WITH AN OLEFIN, CARBON MONOXIDE, AND HYDROGEN, THE SECOND ZONE BEING OPERATED IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE OXO REACTION, SAID FLUID COBALT CARBONYL BEING THE SOLE CATALYTIC MATERIAL INTRODUCED IN THE SECOND ZONE, WITHDRAWING FROM THE SECOND ZONE A MIXTURE COMPRISING SYNTHETIC OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS AND FLUID COBALT COMPOUNDS, CONTACTING SAID MIXTURE IN A THIRD ZONE WITH A SOLID SUPPORT MATERIAL UNDER CONDITIONS FOR THE DECOMPOSITION OF THE FLUID COBALT COMPOUND WITH DEPOSITION OF COBALT METAL UPON THE SUPPORT, AND WITHDRAWING THE SYNTHETIC OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND FROM THE THIRD ZONE AND WHEREIN THE FLOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE ZONES IS PERIODICALY REVERSED WHEN A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF COBALT HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE THIRD ZONE COBALT CONDITIONS IN THE SYSTEM ADJUSTED SO THAT A FLUID COBALT CARBONYL IS PRODUCED IN THE THIRD ZONE AND FLUID COBALT COMPOUNDS ARE DECOMPOSED IN THE FIRST ZONE, THE CONCENTRATION OF COBALT IN THE SECOND ZONE BEING MAINTAINED WITHIN 0.1 TO 0.3%.