Method for the carbonylation of pentenoic acid and its derivatives thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the carbonylation of n-pentenoic acid or derivatives thereof of formula (I), wherein R1 represents CN or COOR2 and R2 represents hydrogen, alkyl or aryl. According to said method, a compound of formula (I) is reacted with carbon monoxide and a compound (II) containing a hydroxyl group in the presence of a catalyst system. The method is characterised in that the catalyst system is obtained by reacting a) a source of a metallic ion of a metal (III) of the 8th subgroup of the periodic table with b) a bidentate phosphine ligand of formula (IV), wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13 and R14 independently of one another represent an inorganic group, which contains a respective carbon atom, by means of which the respective group is linked to the relevant tertiary carbon atom given in formula (IV), L1, L2 represent independently of one another a lower alkylene group and X represents an arylene group.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.