PATENT

3913.  WHITMAN, G. M. (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.). method for the Catalytic Production of Oxo-Carbonyl Compounds. United States Patent 2,462,448, Feb. 22, 1949; appl. filed Sept. 5, 1946, 13 claims (Cl. 260-599) . Chem. Abs., vol. 43, 1949, p. 4287.

An olefinic hydrocarbon, such aas cyclohexene, is reacted under super atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of at least 100° C. with a mixture of CO and H2 in the presence of a group II metal having an atomic number of 12-30. such as Ca or Zn. Oxo-carbonyl compounds such as hexahydrobenzaldehyde are obtained. 2 United States patents cited.