PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLS AND/OR ALDEHYDES FROM OLEFINS.

摘要

ALCOHOLS AND/OR ALDEHYDES ARE PREPARED FROM OLEFINS BY CROSS-METATHESIS OF OLEFINS WITH ALCOHOLS HAVING AT LEAST ONE DOUBLE BOND IN THE MOLECULE AND IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE HYDROXYL IS IN THE ALLYL POSITION RELATIVE TO A C=C DOUBLE BOND OVER CATALYSTS OF THE FORMULA (I) X1X2L1L2RU=CR1CR2 (I) WITH OPTIONAL SUBSEQUENT HYDROGENATION AND/OR ISOMERIZATION, R1 AND R2 BEING HYDROGEN OR C-ORGANIC RADICALS WITH OR WITHOUT A HETEROATOMS, X1 AND X2 BEING, INDEPENDENTLY, ANIONIC LIGANDS, AND L1 AND L2 BEING, INDEPENDENTLY, NEUTRAL ELECTRON DONOR LIGANDS.