The present invention relates to a novel metal complex, a method for producing same, and a method for producing a gamma-lactam compound using same, and the metal complex according to the present invention is used as a catalyst for producing a gamma-lactam compound and can efficiently produce a gamma-lactam compound with an excellent yield and excellent selectivity.

A process for producing isomerized olefins, branched aldehydes, branched alcohols, branched surfactants and other branched derivatives through isomerization, hydroformylation, hydrogenation, surfactant forming reactions and other derivative forming reactions.

A hydroformylation catalyst, a preparation method thereof and a use thereof. The hydroformylation catalyst including an active component and a carrier carrying the active component, wherein the active component includes a transition metal as a center atom, and a polyhydroxy aromatic ring group bonded to the transition metal; and the transition metal and the polyhydroxy aromatic ring groups are bonded by at least one of metal-hydroxyl coordination bond and at least one of metal-oxygen covalent bond, and the active component has at least one of the metal-hydroxyl coordination bond and at least one of the metal-oxygen covalent bond.

Diphosphites having an open, 2,4-methylated outer unit and use thereof in hydroformylation.

The present invention relates to ligands based on calixarenes, metal complexes comprising such ligands and their use as homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts.

A process of co-feeding gaseous ethylene with liquid allyl alcohol in the presence of a catalyst to produce 1,4-butanediol and n-propanol may include: introducing a gaseous mixture of ethylene, carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a reactor in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst in a solvent; introducing liquid allyl alcohol (AA) into the reactor; and carrying out hydroformylation reaction at a temperature between 50 and 100° C. to obtain hydroformylation products.

The disclosure relates to chemical synthesis, and more particularly to a biphenyltetradentate phosphite compound and a preparation and application thereof. The compound has a structure of formula(I): ##STR00001##

Provided herein are transition metal complexes that are useful in the acceptorless dehydrogenation of various substrates, including alkanes. Also provided are methods of dehydrogenating substrates to provide unsaturated products such as olefins.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for Rh(I) catalysts, methods of making alkenyl substituted arenes (e.g., allyl arene, vinyl arene, and the like), methods of making alkyl substituted arenes, and the like.

Methods for preparing isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems from non-isotopically modified 1,4-dienes involve selective oxidation of one or more bis-allylic position(s), or the preparation of isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems via trapping pi-allylic complexes with a source of deuterium or tritium. Such methods are useful for preparing isotopically modified polyunsaturated lipid including polyunsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acid derivatives.