摘要 |
A process for making betahydroxyaldehydes such as 3-hydroxypropanal which comprises intimately contacting (a) an oxirane, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) a reducing agent such as hydrogen, (d) from about 0.01 to about 1 weight percent, basis cobalt metal, of a cobalt hydroformylation catalyst which is optionally complexed with a tertiary phosphine ligand, and (e) a heterogeneous, preferably solid, metal promoter used at a molar ratio of 0.05, preferably 0.15, to 100 moles of heterogeneous metal relative to the moles of soluble cobalt hydroformylation catalyst.
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