Rhodium(I) catalyzed carbonylation reactions of halides and ethers

✍ Scribed by Caroline Buchan; Nathalie Hamel; James B. Woell; Howard Alper

• Book ID: 104229065
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)98913-5

✦ Synopsis

Benzylic bromides and methyl iodide react with ethers, carbon monoxide, potassium iodide, and the dimer of chloro(l,5-hexadienelrhodium(I1 to give esters in good yields.