Hydroformylation of oct-1-ene with extremely high rates using rhodium catalysts containing bulky phosphites

Abstract
A rhodium complex containing tris(o-tert-butyl-p-methylphenyl) phosphite as a ligand catalyses the hydroformylation of oct-1-ene with good selectivity and extremely high rates; the rate constant, which is pseudo first-order in [H2] and 1/[CO], shows that the reaction of hydrogen is the rate determining step.

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