Reiko Jennerjahn

A Well-Defined Iron Catalyst for the Reduction of Bicarbonates and Carbon Dioxide to Formates, Alkyl Formates, and Formamides

Keywords: carbon dioxide ; formate ; homogeneous catalysis ; hydrogenation ; iron ; Formic-Acid ; Homogeneous Hydrogenation ; Aqueous-Solution ; Metal-Complexes ; Dihydrogen ; Efficient ; Ketones ; Co2 ; Hydrosilylation ; Conversion Reference EPFL-ARTICLE-172116doi:10.1002/anie.201004263View record in Web of Science Record created on 2011-12-16, modified on 2017-05-12

A Unique Palladium Catalyst for Efficient and Selective Alkoxycarbonylation of Olefins with Formates

Forget about CO! Carbonylations are among the most important homogeneously catalyzed reactions in the chemical industry, but typically require carbon monoxide. Instead, straightforward and efficient alkoxycarbonylations of olefins can proceed with alkyl formates in the presence of a specific palladium catalyst. Aromatic, terminal aliphatic, and internal olefins are carbonylated to give industrially important linear esters at low catalyst loadings.