Abstract:
THE PRODUCTION OF BUTYRALDEHYDES AND BUTANOLS WITH A PREDOMINANT PROPORTION OF STRAIGHT-CHAIN COMPOUNDS BY THE OXO PROCESS IN TWO SUCCESSIVE REACTION STAGES, A HIGHER TEMPERATURE PREVAILING IN THE SECOND STAGE THAN IN THE FIRST STAGE AND A TEMPERATURE WHICH IS UNIFORM OVER THE ENTIRE STAGE BEING MAINTAINED AT LEAST IN THE FIRST STAGE. BUTYRALDEHYDE MAY BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2-ETHYLHEXANOL.