Oxo Process

Name:
Oxo Process
Detailed information:
Production of alcohols, aldehydes, and other oxygenated organic compounds by passage of olefin hydrocarbon vapors over cobalt catalysts in the presence of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Aldehydes are formed as products, but in most cases these are hydrogenated at once to the corresponding alcohol. Propylene produces normal and isobutyraldehyde; higher olefins produce a mixture of aldehydes containing one more carbon atom than the olefins; n-butyl, isobutyl, amyl, isooctyl, decyl, and tridecyl alcohols are produced in large quantities.