Hydroformylation of chiral terpenes with PtCl(SnCl3)-(bis-phosphine) as catalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)87153-5

(+)-R-Limonene and (-)-R-carvone undergo hydroformylation in the presence of catalytic Pt-bisphosphine-SnCl2 systems to yield exclusively the linear products.The internal double bond and the carbonyl group remain intact in both substrates during the react