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Usage

Uses

Used in Pharmaceutical Industry:
2-Methylglutaraldehyde is used as a chemical intermediate for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Its versatile chemical structure allows for the production of various organic compounds that can be used in the development of medications.
Used in Perfume Industry:
2-Methylglutaraldehyde is used as a raw material in the production of perfumes. Its unique chemical properties contribute to the creation of various fragrances and scents.
Used in Agricultural Chemical Industry:
2-Methylglutaraldehyde is used as a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of agricultural chemicals. Its properties make it suitable for the development of compounds used in crop protection and other agricultural applications.
It is important to handle 2-methylglutaraldehyde with caution, as it is a potentially hazardous chemical that can cause skin and eye irritation and is harmful if ingested or inhaled.

InChI:InChI=1/C6H10O2/c1-6(5-8)3-2-4-7/h4-6H,2-3H2,1H3

Upstream product

• 38328-65-3 2-methoxy-5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran 
• 2397-95-7 2-ethoxy-3-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran 
• 2100-17-6 4-pentenal 
• 201230-82-2 carbon monoxide 
• 106-99-0 buta-1,3-diene 
• 58838-14-5 3-penten-1-on 
• 100016-86-2 4-methyl-cyclohexane-1,2,3-triol 
• 3280-36-2 1-(3-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-piperidine 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Butadiene hydroformylation to adipaldehyde with Rh-based catalysts: Insights into ligand effects

Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of butadiene to adipaldehyde is a promising alternative route for producing valuable C6 compounds such as adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine. Fundamental insights into reaction pathways, aimed at enhancing adipaldehyde yield, were obtained from temporal concentration profiles and in situ ReactIR studies of butadiene hydroformylation on Rh complexes at 80 °C and 14 bar syngas (molar CO/H2 = 1) pressure in a batch reactor. Specifically, the effects of operating conditions and eight commercially available ligands on activity and selectivity were systematically investigated. It was found that the adipaldehyde selectivity is independent of the ligand/Rh ratio, rhodium concentration, butadiene concentration and syngas pressure, but significantly dependent on the type of ligand used. For example, while the DIOP ligand provided an adipaldehyde yield of ～40% with butadiene as a substrate, the 6-DPPon ligand gave a maximum adipaldehyde yield of ～93% with 4-pentenal as substrate. Furthermore, the adipaldehyde selectivity correlates well with the natural bite angle of the various ligands. ReactIR studies suggest that the preferential formation of the stable rhodium η3-crotyl complex with the various Rh complexes may be the main reason for the low adipaldehyde selectivity.

Evidence for isomerizing hydroformylation of butadiene. A combined experimental and computational study

The (DIOP)rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of butadiene has been shown to give among the highest selectivities for formation of adipaldehyde, which is useful for the synthesis of nylon. Herein, isomerizing hydroformylation is shown to be a mechanism that is partially responsible for this selectivity and density functional theory studies are used to reveal the detailed pathway for the requisite alkene isomerization.

Synthesis, complexation behavior and catalytic performance of chelating bisphosphite ligands based on 9,10-brigded 9,10-dihydroanthracenes in Rh catalyzed hydroformylation of 4-pentenal

In the present work the modular synthesis of new chelating bisphosphite ligands based on 9,10-brigded 9,10-dihydroanthracenes as ligand backbones is presented. The complexation behavior of these ligands in rhodium metal complexes as well as mechanistic studies of the preformation step of the rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation is investigated. Ratio of coordination isomers in the Rh complexes of these ligands has been determined using NMR based calculation technique. Modular synthesis route was established allowing for a variety of ligands to be synthesized in a standard procedure The new ligands were tested in the hydroformylation of 4-pentenal under optimized conditions to give adipic aldehyde a promising starting material for the polyamide nylon-6,6. Ligand L3 showed the best selectivity towards adipic aldehyde with selectivity of 10.2/1 n/iso aldehyde.

Synthesis of Adipic Aldehyde by n-Selective Hydroformylation of 4-Pentenal

Several phosphine and phosphite ligands were tested in the hydroformylation of 4-pentenal to adipic aldehyde, a versatile starting material for industrially very relevant compounds. By varying the ligand structure we were able to increase the selectivity toward adipic aldehyde to >95%. Additionally, two molecular structures of important catalytic intermediates [(bisphosphite)RhH(CO)2] and one structure of a previously unknown catalyst decomposition product were obtained. (Chemical Equation Presented).

Toward the rhodium-catalyzed bis-hydroformylation of 1,3-butadiene to adipic aldehyde

The effects of the ligand to metal ratio, temperature, syngas pressure, partial pressures of H2 and CO, and new ligand structures have been examined on 12 of the most reasonable products resulting from the rhodium-catalyzed low-pressure hydroformylation of 1,3-butadiene. The selectivity for the desired linear dihydroformylation product, 1,6-hexanedial (adipic aldehyde), is essentially independent of all of these reaction parameters, except for ligand structure. However, the reaction parameters do have a substantial effect on the selectivity for the products, resulting from the branched addition of the rhodium hydride to the carbon-carbon double bond. The optimum reaction parameters and ligand have resulted in a so far unprecedented maximum selectivity of 50% for adipic aldehyde.