Purification of oxo alcohols by anion exchange resins

Claim 1

IN A CARBONYLATION PROCESS WHEREIN OLEFINS, CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN ARE CONTACTED IN AN INITIAL CARBONYLATION ZONE WITH A COBALT CARBONYLATION CATALYST UNDER CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE OXYGENATED REACTION PRODUCTS COMPRISING ALDEHYDES AND WHEREIN SAID REACTION PRODUCTS ARE FURTHER SUBJECTED TO A HYDROGENATION REACTION IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROGENATION CATALYST IN A HYDROGENATION ZONE TO PRODUCE AN ALCOHOL PRODUCT HAVING ONE MORE CARBON ATOM THAN SAID OLEFIN AND WHEREIN SAID ALCOHOL PRODUCT IS CONTAMINATED WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF SULFUR-CONTAINING IMPURITIES, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING SAID ALCOHOL PRODUCT WITH A SYNTHETIC HIGHLY ALKALINE ION EXCHANGE RESIN OF THE CROSS LINKED-POLYMERIC QUANTERNARY AMMONIUM TYPE.