O-Th-Fre-8 Tandem Hydroformylation-Hydrogenation of Propene to Butanol Using Supported Catalysts

Thursday, June 6, 2013: 11:00 AM
French (Galt House Hotel)
David G. Hanna, University of California Berkeley, USA.
We demonstrate that a gas phase tandem process for the facile production of butanol is achieved using a phophine-modified Rh supported ionic liquid phase (SILP) catalyst for propene hydroformylation and silica-supported Shvo’s catalyst for butanal hydrogenation.

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