Abstracts

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

 

Journal Publications

 

The first insoluble polymer-bound palladium complexes of 2-pyridyldiphenylphosphine: highly efficient catalysts for the alkoxycarbonylation of terminal alkynes.

Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight and Michael Betham, Chemical Commun., 2006, 88.

 

Abstract:

Palladium complexes of 2-pyridyldiphenylphosphine anchored on polystyrene, polymethylmethacrylate and styrene–methylmethacrylate copolymer form highly active heterogeneous catalysts for the alkoxycarbonylation of terminal alkynes with activities approaching those obtained under homogeneous conditions.