摘要 |
A process for the preparation of polyketones by polymerizing a mixture of CO and an alkenically unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of a Group VIII metal catalyst containing ligands, which comprise hydrocarbon groups that are bonded to an element from groub Vb, characterized in that, as catalyst, a complex compound is used that is obtained by reacting a palladium, cobalt or nickel compound, an anion of an acid with a pKa of less than 2, provided it is neither a hydrohalogenic acid nor carboxylic acid and a bidentate ligand of the general formula R<1>R<2>-M-R-M-R<3>R<4>, in which M represents phosphorus, arsenic or antimony, R represents a divalent organic bridging group having at least two carbon atoms in which the bridge, none of these carbon atoms carrying substituents that may cause steric hindrance and in which R<1>, R<2>, R<3> and R<4> are identical or different hydrocarbon groups. |