Appeal No. 95-3931
Application 08/163,086
different from those proffered by the examiner.
The Claimed Subject Matter
The claimed subject matter on appeal is directed to a process for preparing predominately
unbranched primary alcohols having 10 carbon atoms. Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal
and reads as follows:
A process for the preparation of predominantly unbranched primary alcohols
having 10 carbon atoms comprising a reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and
hydrogen to form at least one aldehyde, said reaction taking place in a liquid phase at 20E
to 150E C and under a pressure of 0.1 to 20 MPa in the presence of water and a catalyst,
said catalyst comprising metallic rhodium and/or a rhodium compound and a water-soluble
phosphine, and hydrogenation of said aldehyde to at least one corresponding alcohol, said
process further comprising
reacting at least one said olefin, having 9 carbon atoms and which is obtained from
the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, in the presence of at least one water soluble salt comprising
an anion having a charge thereon, and at least one cation, the number of which corre-
sponds to said charge,
said anion being a phosphine containing at least one sulfonated or carboxylated
aromatic radical, said cation being of the formula
wherein Z is nitrogen or phosphorous, A is alkyl having 7 to 18 carbon atoms or aralkyl
having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, and B, C, and D are individually straight or branched chain
alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
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