Process for preparing glycolaldehyde and/or ethylene glycol

Details Process for preparing glycolaldehyde and/or ethylene glycol Process for preparing glycolaldehyde and/or ethylene glycol

1981-08-11

1983-09-20

Lone, Werren B.

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Oxygen containing

568462, C07C 2914, C07C 3120

Patent

active

044058217

ABSTRACT:
In the process for producing glycolaldehyde and/or ethylene glycol by the reaction of formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a non-amide solvent at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a catalytic amount of a rhodium-containing catalyst, an improvement is provided which comprises carrying out said reaction in the presence of a glycolaldehyde yield-enhancing phosphine oxide.

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