title: A palladium-catalyzed regioselective hydroesterification of alkenylphenols to lactones with phenyl formate as CO source.
abstract: An effective Pd(OAc)2-PPh3 catalyzed hydroesterification of alkenylphenols with phenyl formate as CO surrogate is described. A variety of lactones are obtained in generally high yields with high regioselectivities. In one case, 76% ee is obtained with a chiral ligand.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Center for Multimolecular Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Haining
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jingfu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005561:Formates / Q000737:chemistry*; D007783:Lactones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D005561:Formates; D007783:Lactones; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010636:Phenols; D010165:Palladium; D002248:Carbon Monoxide