TY - JOUR
T1 - Otto Roelen, Pioneer in Industrial Homogeneous Catalysis
AU - Cornils, Boy
AU - Herrmann, Wolfgang A.
AU - Rasch, Manfred
PY - 1994/11/17
Y1 - 1994/11/17
N2 - Otto Roelen discovered the oxo synthesis (hydroformylation) in 1938, and despite all the problems created by the war years he was able to explore successfully the fundamental aspects related to its application up to the point of building the first plant. At the same time he laid the groundwork for industrial utilization of homogeneous organometallic catalysts. Almost simultaneously, his contemporary, Walter Hieber, was investigating the basic chemistry of the same catalysts, but with no knowledge whatsoever of their potential application. Hydroformylation today constitutes one of the most important industrial examples of a homogeneous catalytic process. For corrigendum see DOI:
AB - Otto Roelen discovered the oxo synthesis (hydroformylation) in 1938, and despite all the problems created by the war years he was able to explore successfully the fundamental aspects related to its application up to the point of building the first plant. At the same time he laid the groundwork for industrial utilization of homogeneous organometallic catalysts. Almost simultaneously, his contemporary, Walter Hieber, was investigating the basic chemistry of the same catalysts, but with no knowledge whatsoever of their potential application. Hydroformylation today constitutes one of the most important industrial examples of a homogeneous catalytic process. For corrigendum see DOI:
KW - History of chemistry
KW - Homogeneous catalysis
KW - Hydroformylation
KW - Roelen, Otto
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748226168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/anie.199421441
DO - 10.1002/anie.199421441
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33748226168
SN - 0570-0833
VL - 33
SP - 2144
EP - 2163
JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
IS - 21
ER -