| abstract |
The invention relates to a catalyst comprising at least one metal complex of the VIII subgroup, which includes at least one monodentate, bidentate or polydentate phosphine amidite ligand of general formula I.1, I.2 and/or I.3, wherein A1, together with the phosphorus and the oxygen atoms to which it is bonded, represents a five to eight-membered heterocycle; X1 represents a five to eight-membered heterocycle having at least one nitrogen atom directly bonded to the phosphorous atom and B represents either a carbon-carbon single bond or a bivalent bridging group. The invention also relates to a method for hydroformylation and hydrocyanation of compounds containing at least one ethylinically unsaturated double bond in the presence of said catalyst. |