| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/EP95/03358 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 23, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 23, 1997 PCT Filed Aug. 24, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/07630 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 1996A process for the preparation of n-butyraldehyde and/or n-butanol, in which a) 1,3-butadiene is caused to react with an amine of the formula I R1R2NH, I in which R1 and R2 independently denote hydrogen, optionally substituted aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radicals, or aryl or aralkyl radicals or are linked to form a bridging member which can contain hetero atoms, at elevated temperature and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a compound of a Group VIIIb element and in the presence of an alkali metal amide or a basic metal oxide to form a mixture of the adducts of the formulas II <IMAGE> II and III <IMAGE> III b) the adduct III is isomerized to the adduct II, c) the adduct II is isomerized in the presence of a homogeneous or heterogeneous transition metal element catalyst in the liquid phase or in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst containing a transition metal element in the gaseous phase to form the enamine of the formula IV <IMAGE> IV and d) n-butyraldehyde and/or n-butanol is/are produced from this enamine. |