1-Octene → Octane

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A mixture of Rh(CO)2(acac)(3 mg,0.012 mmole), branched polymer3 (insoluble) (26 mg), 1-Octene (98 mg,0.9 mmole), and THF(0.5 ml) was heated at 80 C. under 100 psi of CO/H2(1/1) for 1 hr. Butyl ether(2.6 mg, 0.02 mmole) was added into the mixture as the internal standard and the mixture was analyzed by Gas Chromatograph with Chrompack CP-SIL 8 column(30 m×0.32 mm ID). 98.8% Conversion was obtained with 40.8 wt % of Nonyl aldehyde, 1.3 wt % of 2-Methyl-1-octanal, 6.2 wt % of Octane, and 29.0 wt % of Octene isomers.

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