Hydroformylation process and bisphosphite compound used therein

摘要

A hydroformylation process for preparing a hydroformylated product by reacting an olefinic compound with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a Group VIII metal catalyst, in the reaction of which there is present a phosphite compound having the formula (I), A1[OP(OR1)(OR2)]n (I) wherein R1 and R2 are respectively an aromatic hydrocarbon groups which may be the same or different and the aromatic hydrocarbon group has at least a hydrocarbon group on a carbon atom adjacent to a carbon atom bonded with an oxygen atom as a substituent; A1 is an n-valent organic group having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic hydrocarbon group bonded with an adjacent oxygen atom, which may respectively have a substituent; n is an integer of from 2 to 4; and the respective [-O-P(OR1)(OR2)] group may be the same or different.