processos para hidroformilaÇço tendo uma mistura de reaÇço e para estabilizaÇço de um ligante fluorofosfito em uma mistura de reaÇço de hidroformilaÇço

A process for stabilizing a fluorophosphite ligand in a hydroformylation reaction mixture having an alpha-olefin, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a catalyst composition having a combination of a rhodium containing compound and one or more fluorophosphite compounds having the general formula:wherein R and R are hydrocarbyl radicals which contain a total of up to about 40 carbon atoms, the process includes the step of adding to the reaction mixture an epoxide in a sufficient amount to reduce the degradation of the fluorophosphite ligand.