Skip to content
1887
Volume 61, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 2056-5135

Abstract

Since the mid-1970s when the ‘Low Pressure Oxo’ process (LP OxoSM Process) was first commercialised, it has maintained its global position as the foremost oxo process, offering particular appeal to independent producers of commodity plasticisers facing increasing regulatory pressure. The story of this important industrial process is told from its early beginnings when laboratory discoveries by independent groups of researchers in USA and UK revealed the remarkable ability of organophosphine containing rhodium compounds to catalyse the hydroformylation reaction, and describes how its development, exploitation and continuing industrial relevance came about by collaboration between three companies: The Power-Gas Corporation, which later became Davy Process Technology before becoming part of Johnson Matthey; Union Carbide Corporation, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company; and Johnson Matthey.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1595/205651317X695875
2017-01-01
2024-12-07
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/jmtr/61/3/JMTR-61-3-Tudor.html?itemId=/content/journals/10.1595/205651317X695875&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

  1. G. Frey, ‘75 Years of Oxo Synthesis’, Speciality Chemicals Magazine, 8thOctober, 2013 LINK http://www.specchemonline.com/featuredarticles/75-years-of-oxo-synthesis [Google Scholar]
  2. F. J. Smith, Platinum Metals Rev., 1975, 19, (3), 93 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/article/19/3/93-95/ [Google Scholar]
  3. M. J. H. Russell, Platinum Metals Rev., 1988, 32, (4), 179 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/article/32/4/179-186/ [Google Scholar]
  4. G. Wilkinson, Platinum Metals Rev., 1968, 12, (4), 135 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/article/12/4/135-135/ [Google Scholar]
  5. M. L. H. Green, W. P. Griffith, Platinum Metals Rev., 1998, 42, (4), 168 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/article/42/4/168-173/ [Google Scholar]
  6. R. Tudor, M. Ashley, Platinum Metals Rev., 2007, 51, (3), 116 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/article/51/3/116-126/ [Google Scholar]
  7. ‘Low-Pressure Oxo Process Yields a Better Product Mix’, Chemical Engineering (New York), 5thDecember, 1977, 110 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/pdf/Ashley_FR1.pdf [Google Scholar]
  8. R. Tudor, M. Ashley, Platinum Metals Rev., 2007, 51, (4), 164 LINK http://www.technology.matthey.com/article/51/4/164-171/ [Google Scholar]
/content/journals/10.1595/205651317X695875
Loading
/content/journals/10.1595/205651317X695875
Loading

Data & Media loading...

  • Article Type: Research Article
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error
Please enter a valid_number test