Catalytic Cycles: Hydroformylation and the Wacker Process
Inorganic Chemistry · Catalysis Catalytic Cycles: Hydroformylation and the Wacker Process Industrial catalysis assembled from four elementary steps that repeat in different orders. Learn the steps and any cycle becomes readable. BSc & MSc · Inorganic Chemistry · Concept The short answer: Homogeneous catalytic cycles are built from a small set of elementary organometallic steps: oxidative addition, migratory insertion, reductive elimination and ligand substitution. Hydroformylation and the Wacker process are the two standard examples, and each is examined by asking which step does what. The elementary steps Step What changes Oxidation state Electron count Oxidative addition A bond adds across…