Modification of rhodium carbonyl catalysts for hydroformylation of 2-butenes by organophosphorus ligands

The influence of the nature of the organophosphorus ligand and the P/Rh mol ar ratio on the catalytic properties of rhodium carbonyl complexes in hydro formylation of 2-butenes was studied. The difference between phosphine and phosphite ligands during the formation of highly selective catalytic comple xes was found. It was supposed that a decrease in the selectivity with resp ect to 2-methylbutanal is due to the isomerization of olefins under conditi ons of a decrease in the competitive capability of CO for coordination site s (the high P/Rh ratio, a decrease in the total pressure of the synthesis-g as).