Abstract: A process for the preparation of n-butyraldehyde and/or n-butanol, whereina) 1,3-butadiene is caused to react with an alcohol of the formula IROH I,to form a mixture of adducts of the formulas II ##STR1## and III ##STR2## b) the adduct III is isomerized to the adduct II, c) the adduct II is isomerized in the presence of a homogeneous or heterogeneous transition metal element catalyst to form the enol ether of the formula IV ##STR3## and d) n-butyraldehyde and/or n-butanol is/are produced from this ether IV by the reaction thereof with hydrogen and water or water only in the presence of a homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst.

Abstract: Aldehydes or aldehydes and alcohols are prepared by hydroformylation of olefins of more than 3 carbon atoms by a process comprising the stage of hydroformylation by means of a rhodium catalyst homogeneously dissolved in the reaction medium, the separation of the rhodium catalyst from the discharge from the hydroformylation reaction and the recycling of the rhodium separated from the hydroformylation discharge to the hydroformylation stage, wherein the rhodium catalyst is extracted from the hydroformylation discharge into the aqueous phase by means of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble, phosphorus-containing complexing agent selected from the group consisting of the mono- or polysulfonated mono- and oligophosphines and/or from the group consisting of the mono- or polycarboxylated mono- or oligophosphines or the mono- or polysulfonated oligophosphites and the aldehyde or the aldehyde and the alcohol are isolated from the extracted hydroformylation discharge, the aqueous rhodium-containing extract is fed to

Abstract: Aldehydes with a higher number of carbon atoms and high selection are prepared by reacting olefins, in particular from petrochemical refinery products, by a hydroformylation with aldol condensation using a mixed catalyst of rhodium-carbonyl-phosphines and Mannich catalyst.