The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Allyl Alcohol. A Potential Route to1, 4-Butanediol

C Pittman, Jr, W Honnick

Index: Pittman, Charles U.; Honnick, William D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 45, # 11 p. 2132 - 2139

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Abstract

A detailed study of the rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of allyl alcohol to 4- hydroxybutanal (1) and 3-hydroxy-2,-methylpropanal (2) was carried out, using RhH (CO)(PPh,), and ita polymer-bound analogues. The reaction is complicated by isomerization of allyl alcohol to propanal, hydrogenation to propanol, and the production of higher boiling products. The product distribution and normal/branched selectivity were studied as a ...