Synthesis 2015; 47(13): 1861-1868
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380497
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Ligand-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroxycarbonylation of Aryl Halides under Ambient Conditions: Synthesis of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids and Aromatic Esters

Wei Han*
a   Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Key Laboratory of Applied Photochemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Wenyuan Road No. 1, Nanjing 210023, P. R. of China
b   Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Nanjing 210023, P. R. of China   Email: hanwei@njnu.edu.cn
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Fengli Jin
a   Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Key Laboratory of Applied Photochemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Wenyuan Road No. 1, Nanjing 210023, P. R. of China
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Qing Zhou
a   Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Key Laboratory of Applied Photochemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Wenyuan Road No. 1, Nanjing 210023, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Received: 16 January 2015

Accepted after revision: 03 March 2015

Publication Date:
30 March 2015 (online)


Abstract

Aryl halides were readily converted into their corresponding aromatic carboxylic acids in high yields with high selectivity by ligand-free palladium-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The new method is operationally simple and scalable. In addition, aromatic esters were easily synthesized through one-pot hydroxycarbonylation/alkylation with alkyl halides.

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