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Hydroformylation of Olefins

This is mainly an industrial process in which a formyl group is introduced into an olefin, creating a new C–C bond! If the olefin is not symmetric, the reaction yields a mixture of the two possible regioisomers.

Hydroformylation of olefins▶ Watch the video on YouTube
Hydroformylation of cyclohexene
Hydroformylation of cyclohexene. The video gives much more information about this reaction.