Facile palladium-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of olefins without external CO gas.
An effective Pd-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of olefins with phenyl formate and formic acid is described. A variety of carboxylic acids are obtained in good yields with high regioselectivities under operationally simple conditions without the use of toxic CO gas.
State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Center for Multimolecular Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China.
Yang
Y
Wang
Wenlong
W
Ren
Jingfu
J
Li
Haining
H
Wang
Yian
Y
Shi