Organic modification, cobalt catalysts

Summary of Relevant Literature on Organic Modification of Cobalt Catalysts... 

Because of the properties of organic ligands, the whole catalytic cycle can be accelerated or, in the worst case scenario, totally blocked. Consecutive or side reactions may be favored. Modification of cobalt catalysts with phosphines not... 

Synthesis of High Surface Area Cobalt-on-Alumina Catalysts by Modification with Organic Compounds... 

Example 8.3. Phosphine-substituted cobalt hydrocarbonyls as hydroformylation catalysts. Extensively studied catalyst systems with complex equilibria include phosphine-substituted hydrocarbonyls of cobalt, HCo(CO)3Ph, where Ph stands for a tertiary organic phosphine. They are modifications of the original oxo catalyst, HCo(CO)4. Like the latter, they catalyze the oxo or hydroformylation reaction of olefins to aldehydes one carbon number higher ... 

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