PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLS OR ALDEHYDES, ALCOHOLS OR ALDEHYDES PREPARED BY THIS PROCESS AND STABILIZED COMPOSITIONS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE SAID PROCESS

摘要

In the hydroformylation of a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond with formation of alcohols and/or aldehydes in the presence of a transition metal (e.g. cobalt) carbonyl phosphine (or arsine, stibine) complex catalyst, deposition of transition metal on walls is considerably reduced and the catalyst is rendered considerably more stable by the presence of a dissolved salt of an alkyl-substituted arylsulphonic acid salt.