The industrial "Oxo process" (Hydroformylation) utilizes an alkene, Carbon Monoxide (), and Hydrogen gas () under high temperature and pressure with a transition metal catalyst. If ethene () is the st

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The industrial "Oxo process" (Hydroformylation) utilizes an alkene, Carbon Monoxide ($CO$), and Hydrogen gas ($H_2$) under high temperature and pressure with a transition metal catalyst. If ethene ($CH_2=CH_2$) is the starting alkene, the product formed is:

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Correct answer: B. The Oxo process formally adds a formyl group () and a hydrogen atom across the carbon-carbon double bond. Therefore, ethene () will be elongated by one carbon to form Propanal (). If water was used instead of (Koch's reaction), propanoic acid would form.

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