Process for recovering rhodium from residues of the destillation of products of the oxosynthesis.

摘要

The recovery of rhodium, present as a homogeneous dissolved complex compound especially in residues of products of the oxo process, is carried out in a two-stage process. In the first stage, the residues are treated with a gas-containing oxygen in the presence of a C2- to C4- monocarboxylic acid and an alkali metal salt of a C2- to C4-monocarboxylic acid, and are then extracted with water. In the second reaction stage, they are treated again with a gas-containing oxygen, an aldehyde, a C2- to C4-monocarboxylic acid, and an alkali metal salt of a C2 to C4 monocarboxylic acid, and are extracted once more with water.