title: Hydroformylation of olefins and reductive carbonylation of aryl halides with syngas formed ex situ from dehydrogenative decarbonylation of hexane-1,6-diol.
abstract: A variety of primary alcohols have been investigated as convenient substrates for the ex situ delivery of carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen in a two-chamber reactor. The gaseous mixture is liberated in one chamber by an iridium-catalysed dehydrogenative decarbonylation of the alcohol and then consumed in the other chamber in either a rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation of olefins or a palladium-catalysed reductive carbonylation of aryl halides. Hexane-1,6-diol was found to be the optimum alcohol for both reactions where moderate to excellent yields were obtained of the product aldehydes. A relatively low pressure of 1.5-2.4 bar was measured in the closed system during the two transformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. rm@kemi.dtu.dk.
authors.forename: Stig Holden
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Esben P K
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Jascha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Madsen