Process for direct carbonylation of hydrocarbons
AssigneeAgency of Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsToshiyasu Sakakura, Massato Tanaka
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Abstract
A process is disclosed, for the manufacture of carbonylated products and/or olefins by reacting hydrocarbons with carbon monoxide in the presence of a transition metal complex, under irradiation with light.
Claims10
A process for the direct carbonylation of a hydrocarbon which comprises reacting a hydrocarbon, selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic, an alicyclic, and an aromatic hydrocarbon, with carbon monoxide under irradiation with light in the presence of a complex of a metal of Group VIII of the periodic table, wherein a ligand in said complex is a phosphine selected from the group consisting of a monophosphine of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 P and a bisphosphine of the formula R.sup.4 R.sup.5 P-A-PR.sup.6 R.sup.7, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2,R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, which are the same or different, are each a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, and cycloalkyl;
- and A is a member selected from the group consisting alkylene, cycloalkylene, arylene, aralkylene and ferrocenylene.
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