Inventors:
Gary M. Gray - Birmingham AL
Maheswaran Harihara Sarma - Madurai, IN
Dale C. Smith - Birmingham AL
Assignee:
UAB Research Foundation - Birmingham AL
International Classification:
C07F 1500
US Classification:
556 18, 556 21, 556136, 502166, 568 13, 568 17, 568429, 568451
Abstract:
A metallacrown ether ligand chelates a transition metal atom to form a catalyst well suited to perform hydroformylation in the presence of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and an unsaturated substrate compound.