Abstract: A process for preparing 6,6?-((3,3?-di-tert-butyl-5,5?-dimethoxy-[1,1?-biphenyl]-2,2?-diyl)bis(oxy))bis(2,4,8,10-tetramethyldibenzo[d,f][1,3,2]dioxaphosphepine) is provided.

Abstract: A monophosphite ligand having a carbonate group is useful for hydroformylation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of bisphosphites, to a process for preparation thereof, and to the reaction thereof with metals to give mixtures comprising complexes of the constitutionally isomeric bisphosphites and the metal, and to the use thereof as a catalytically active composition in hydroformylation reactions, and also to the hydroformylation reaction itself.

Abstract: A process for preparing a 2,2?-biphenol, proceeds by a) adding a first phenol to a reaction mixture, b) adding a second phenol to the reaction mixture, c) adding selenium dioxide to the reaction mixture, d) adding an acid having a pKa in the range from 0.0 to 5.0 to the reaction mixture, and e) heating the reaction mixture such that the first phenol and the second phenol are converted to said 2,2?-biphenol.

Abstract: A monophosphite ligand having a carbonate group is useful for hydroformylation.

Abstract: 2,2?-biphenol is prepared in a process using selenium dioxide and a halogenated solvent.

Abstract: A mixture containing a monophosphite ligand is useful for the catalysis of a hydroformylation reaction.

Abstract: A process for preparing a 2,2?-selenobiaryl ether or a 4,4?-selenobiaryl ether, proceeds by a) adding a first phenol to the reaction mixture, b) adding a second phenol to the reaction mixture, c) adding selenium dioxide to the reaction mixture, d) adding a base having a pKb in the range from 8 to 11 to the reaction mixture, and e) adjusting the reaction temperature of the reaction mixture such that the first phenol and the second phenol are converted to said 2,2?-selenobiaryl ether or said 4,4?-selenobiaryl ether.

Abstract: The preparation of high-quality oxo process alcohols from inconstant raw material sources is the technically demanding problem which is addressed by a process for continuously preparing an alcohol mixture, in which an input mixture which contains an olefin and has a composition that changes over time is subjected to an oligomerization to obtain an oligomerizate and at least a portion of the olefin oligomers present in the oligomerizate are hydroformylated with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a hydroformylation in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst system to give aldehydes, at least some of which are converted to the alcohol mixture by subsequent hydrogenation. The process provides a constant plasticizer quality to be produced over a long production period and, optionally, a higher throughput with the same product quality.

Abstract: A novel monophosphite ligand having a tert-butyloxycarbonyl group is useful as a ligand in hydroformylation of an olefin.

Abstract: The catalytic preparation of an aldehyde from an olefin proceeds in the presence of a monophosphite mixture.

Abstract: An unsymmetric bisphosphite of the formula (1) a process for preparation thereof, a reaction thereof with metals to give mixtures containing complexes of the unsymmetric bisphosphite and the metal, and a use thereof as a catalytically active composition in hydroformylation reactions, where the hydroformylation-active composition contains, as well as the complex of metal and unsymmetric bisphosphite, unbound bisphosphite and at least one further component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of bisphosphites, to a process for preparation thereof, and to the reaction thereof with metals to give mixtures comprising complexes of the constitutionally isomeric bisphosphites and the metal, and to the use thereof as a catalytically active composition in hydroformylation reactions, and also to the hydroformylation reaction itself.

Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures of constitutional isomer bisphosphites of formulae (1a) and (2a), to a method for the production thereof, to the reaction thereof with metals to form mixtures containing complex compounds of the constitutional isomer bisphosphites of formulae (1a) and (2a) and the metal, and to the use thereof as a catalytically active composition in hydroformylation reactions. Said hydroformylactically active compositions comprises, in addition to the complex compounds of metal and the constitutional isomer bisphosphites of formulae (1a) and (2a), non-bound bisphosphites of the constitutional isomer bisphosphites of formulae (1a) and (2a) and at least one additional component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of unsymmetric bisphosphites, to a process for preparation thereof, to the reaction thereof with metals to give mixtures comprising complexes of the bisphosphites and the metal, and to the use thereof as a catalytically active composition in hydroformylation reactions, and also to the hydroformylation reaction itself.

Abstract: A process for the photocatalytic acceptor-free dehydrogenation of hydrocarbazoles and hydroindoles is provided, wherein a hydrocarbazole or hydroindole is irradiated in the presence of a catalyst that is a rhodium complex containing organic phosphorus(III) compounds as ligands.

Abstract: A process for photocatalytic acceptor-free dehydrogenation of alkanes and alcohols, in which an alkane or an alcohol is irradiated in the presence of a rhodium complex containing organic phosphorus(III) compounds as ligands as a catalyst, and in the presence of at least one Lewis base is provided.

Abstract: A process for preparing 6,6?-((3,3?-di-tert-butyl-5,5?-dimethoxy-[1,1?-biphenyl]-2,2?-diyl)bis(oxy))bis(2,4,8,10-tetramethyldibenzo[d,f][1,3,2]dioxaphosphepine) is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aldehydes having five carbon atoms, in which an input mixture containing 10% by weight to 50% by weight of linear butenes and less than 5% by weight of 1-butene is hydroformylated with synthesis gas in the presence of a catalyst system comprising rhodium and at least one bisphosphite ligand, wherein the hydroformylation is effected in a reactor from which, over an operating period, a cycle gas containing at least a portion of the products and unconverted reactants from the hydroformylation is continuously drawn off and partly condensed, and uncondensed components of the cycle gas are recycled into the reactor, and wherein, after the operating period has expired, the hydroformylation is stopped, the reactor is freed of reaction residues and the hydroformylation is restarted. It is based on the problem of making such a process more economically viable.