Claims
- 1. A carbonylation process comprising reacting an organic compound selected from the group consisting of olefins, acetylenes, chlorides, alcohols, amines and amides with CO at a temperature between 50.degree. C. and 200.degree. C. and a total pressure between 15 and 2000 psia to produce the corresponding carbonyl in the presence of a reaction mixture comprising a homogeneous, non-charged catalyst complex of the formula:
- [(Ar.sub.2 PQ).sub.y SiR.sub.4-y ].sub.g.(MX.sub.n).sub.s
- whererin Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 aromatic radical, Q s a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.30 saturated open chain alkylene radical, R is an unsubstituted or monosubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 hydrocarbyl radical, M is a Group VIII transition metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Rh, Ir, Ru, Fe or Os, X is an anion or organic ligand, excluding halogen, satisfying the valence and coordination sites of the metal, y is 1 to 4, g is 1 to 6 with the proviso that g times y is 1 to 6, n is 2 to 6, and s is 1 to 3, said substituents on said aromatic radical, on said alkylene radical and on said hydrocarbyl radical being chemically unreactive with materials used, in, and the products of, a carbonylation reaction.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the process carried out is the hydroformylation of a Cn olefin by a mixture of CO and H.sub.2, thereby producing a C.sub.n+1 aldehyde.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Rh, Co, Ir, and Ru.
- 4. The process of claim 3 wherein M is rhodium.
- 5. The process of claim 1 wherein (MX.sub.n) is Rh(CO)H.
- 6. The process of claim 1 wherein said X in the formula is H and CO.
- 7. The process of claim 2 wherein the total pressure is between 15 and 1000 psia and the temperature is between 120.degree. C. and 175.degree. C.
- 8. A carbonylation process comprising reacting an olefin with CO and alcohol or water at a temperature in the range of about 50.degree. to 200.degree. C. and at a total pressure in the range of about 15 to 2000 psia in the presence of a homogeneous, non-charged catalyst complex of the formula:
- [(Ar.sub.2 PQ).sub.y SiR.sub.4-y ].sub.g . (MX.sub.n).sub.s
- wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 aromatic radical, Q is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.30 saturated open chain alkylene radical, R is an unsubstituted or monosubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 hydrocarbyl radical, M is a Group VIII transition metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Rh, Ir, Ru, X is an anion or organic ligand, excluding halogen, satisfying the valence and coordination sites of the metal, y is 1 to 4, g is 1 to 6 with the proviso that g times y is 1 to 6, n is 2 to 6, and s is 1 to 3, said substituents on said aromatic radical, on said alkylene radical and on said hydrocarbyl radical being chemically unreactive with materials used in, and the products of, a carbonylation reaction.
- 9. The process of claim 8 wherein M in the catalyst complex is Co and X is H and CO.
- 10. A carbonylation process comprising reacting an olefinically unsaturated organic compound with CO at a temperature in the range of about 50.degree. to 200.degree. C. and at a total pressure in the range of about 15 to 2000 psia in the presence of a homogeneous, non-charged catalyst complex of the formula:
- [Ar.sub.2 P(CH.sub.2).sub.m ].sub.y SiR.sub.4-y gRh(CO)H
- wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 aromatic radical, R is an unsubstituted or monosubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 hydrocarbyl radical, m is 2 to 14, y is 1 to 4, g is 2 or 3, said substituents on said aromatic radical, on said alkylene radical and on said hydrocarbyl radical being chemically unreactive with materials used in, and the products of, a carbonylation reaction.
- 11. The process of claim 10 wherein the trihydrocarbyl silyl substituted alkyl diaryl phosphine ligand of the catalyst complex is Ph.sub.2 PCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Division of Ser. No. 295,193, filed Aug. 21, 1984, U.S. Pat. No. 4,450,299, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 192,810, Oct. 1, 1980, now abandoned, which is a division of Ser. No. 11,238, Feb. 12, 1979, U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,541.
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