A process for making betahydroxyaldehydes such as 3-hydroxypropanal which comprises intimately contacting (a) an oxirane, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) a reducing agent such as hydrogen, (d) from about 0.01 to about 1 weight percent, basis cobalt metal, of a cobalt hydroformylation catalyst which is optionally complexed with a tertiary phosphine ligand, and (e) a heterogeneous, preferably solid, metal promoter used at a molar ratio of 0.05, preferably 0.15, to 100 moles of heterogeneous metal relative to the moles of soluble cobalt hydroformylation catalyst.
制备β-羟基醛的方法,例如3-羟基
丙醛,包括密切接触(a)环氧烷,(b)
一氧化碳,(c)还原剂,例如
氢气,(d)约0.01至约1重量%,以
钴金属为基础,可选择与三级
膦配体形成络合物的
钴羟甲酰化催化剂,以及(e)使用的非均相,优选为固体的
金属
促进剂,其用量为相对于可溶性
钴羟甲酰化催化剂的摩尔数,0.05,优选为0.15,到100摩尔。