Carboxylation of Propane with CO to Butyric Acids by Pd(II)/Cu(II) Based Catalysts
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 22 (6), 1005-1008
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1993.1005
Abstract
Propane reacts with CO leading to isobutyric and butyric acids in good yields by the Pd(OAc)2/Cu(OAc)2/K2S2O8 catalyst system via C–H bond activation. It is essential to use more than unity of the Cu(OAc)2/Pd(OAc)2 ratio to attain high yield.Keywords
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