Carbonylation of aryl chlorides with oxygen nucleophiles at atmospheric pressure. Preparation of phenyl esters as acyl transfer agents and the direct preparation of alkyl esters and carboxylic acids

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 7096-7101

  Watson, Donald A ^a   Fan, Xuexiang ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKYLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; METEOROLOGY; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM;

ACYL TRANSFER; ACYLATING AGENTS; ALKYL ESTERS; ARYL CHLORIDES; CARBONYL DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DIRECT PREPARATION; ETHYL ESTERS; MILD CONDITIONS; PHENYL ESTERS; THIOESTERS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL GROUP; ALLYL COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBONYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; SYNTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BENZOIC ACIDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 52449124503     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo800907e     Document Type: Article

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