Wenju Chang, Jie Dai, Jingfu Li, Yuan Shi, Wenlong Ren and Yian Shi
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1074-1078
DOI:
10.1039/C7QO00111H,
Research Article
An effective palladium-catalyzed sequential carbonylation of olefins with formic acid is described. Ketones and the corresponding α,β-enones can be obtained with up to 90% yield. The reaction process is operationally simple and requires no toxic CO.