High-melting phosphonium tosylates are synthesised and applied for the first time as solvents in catalytic hydroformylation reactions; variation in the substituents attached to phosphorus can lead to markedly different results; the catalyst systems are non-corrosive, easily manipulated and can readily be recovered and reused.
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Karodia et al. (1998) studied this question.