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Method of producing aldehydes by hydroformylation

Assignee: Ajinomoto Co Inc
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Filing: 1974-05-22
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Granted: 1976-12-07
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Expires: 1994-05-22
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Abstract

Abstract When an alcohol or its hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid ester is held at 50° to 200° C and 10 to 500 atmospheres in the presence of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, the amide of a carboxylic acid, and a carbonylation catalyst, an aldehyde having one more carbon atom than the alcohol or ester is formed in a good yield. If the amide has at least one active hydrogen atom on its amide nitrogen, it further reacts with the aldehyde and carbon monoxide to form an N-acylamino acid by the reaction of U.S. Pat. No. 3,766,266.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshihide Yukata
  • 👤 Nobuyuki Yamakami
  • 👤 Masao Honma
  • 👤 Yoshioki Komachiya
  • 👤 Hachiro Wakamatsu

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 08:58
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C231/00; C07C45/00; C07C45/42; C07C45/43; C07C45/49

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 84 words
A method of preparing phenylacetaldehyde which comprises holding a reaction mixture including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, an amide of a carboxylic acid and benzyl chloride at 50° to 200° C and at a pressure between 10 and 500 atmospheres in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst until said aldehyde is formed, the concentration of said amide in said mixture being at least 0.01 mole per liter, and said carbonylation catalyst containing, as the principal active agent, a transition of Group VIII of the Periodic Table.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 84 words
A method of preparing phenylacetaldehyde which comprises holding a reaction mixture including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, an amide of a carboxylic acid and benzyl chloride at 50° to 200° C and at a pressure between 10 and 500 atmospheres in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst until said aldehyde is formed, the concentration of said amide in said mixture being at least 0.01 mole per liter, and said carbonylation catalyst containing, as the principal active agent, a transition of Group VIII of the Periodic Table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 15 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said principal active agent is cobalt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said amide is acetamide, and said catalyst is dicobalt octacarbonyl.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the amount of said catalyst is between 1 and 0.01 mole per mole of said aldehyde.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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