EPOXIDE STABILIZATION OF FLUOROPHOSPHITE-METAL CATALYST SYSTEM IN A HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESS

摘要

A process for stabilizing a fluorophosphite ligand in a hydroformylation reaction mixture having an alpha -olefin, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a catalyst composition having a combination of a rhodium containing compound and one or more fluorophosphite compounds having the general formula: (I) wherein R<1> and R<2> are hydrocarbyl radicals which contain a total of up to about 40 carbon atoms, the process includes the step of adding to the reaction mixture and epoxide in a sufficient amount to reduce the degradation of the fluorophosphite ligand.