Catalytic reactions involving CO and

Strictly related to catalytic reactions involving CO and H20 are reactions in which CO and alcohols, ROH, or CO and amines, R2NH, are used as building blocks. The catalytic addition of carbon monoxide and an alcohol to an olefin yields carboxylic esters (hydroesterification). Thus, the synthesis of methyl propionate from ethylene, CO, and methanol using a catalytic system composed of Ru3(CO)u and [PPh4]I (190°C, 20 bar C2H4, 45 bar CO, 2.5 hr, yield 74%, CT 1000) has been reported (323) ... 

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