ChemInform Abstract: Direct Carbonylatio
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Y.-S. LIN; A. YAMAMOTO
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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The carbonylation of benzyl alcohol (Ia) with carbon monoxide in the presence of a HI-[Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 ] catalytic system proceeds smoothly to give the phenylacetic acid (IIIa) as main product. The same acid can be obtained by carbonylation of benzyl formate, dibenzyl ether and benzyl phenylacetate. Th