The hydroformylation of isoprene catalysed by rhodium phosphine complexes usually yields a broad mixture of the monoaldehydes, the isomeric methylpentenals, as well as the dialdehyde 3-methyl-1,6-hexandial. Under usual reaction conditions the products of a consecutive hydrogenation are only formed as minor by-products. Surprisingly we discovered now a selective auto-tandem reaction consisting of a hydroformylation and a hydrogenation step if a rhodium complex with the chelate ligand bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane is used as catalyst. If branched aromatic solvents like cumene are applied the conversion of isoprene is nearly quantitatively and the yield of the tandem product 3-methylpentanal amounts to 85%.
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