Process for the preparation of 2-alkoxytetrahydrofurans via hydroformylation of allylic alcohols

摘要

2-Alkoxytetrahydrofurans are prepared in higher yields when an allylic alcohol is hydroformylated in the presence of an alkanol and a rhodium/tertiaryphosphine-complex if an acid co-catalyst is used. The products are useful, inter alia, as intermediates in the preparation of butanediols and substituted derivatives thereof.