PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,3-DIALKOXYPROPANALS

摘要

BASF Aktiengesellschaft O.Z. 0050/40897 Process for the preparation of 2,3-dialkoxypropanls of the disclosure: The preparation of 2,3-dialkoxypropanals of the general formula I (I), in which R1 and R2 denote C1-C8-alkyl or C5- or C6-cycloalkyl which may or may not bear substituents which are inert under the conditions of the reaction, wherein a 1,2-dialkoxy ethene of the general formula II R10-HC-CH-OR2 (II) is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a rhodiumcontaining catalyst.