First examples of the selective carbonylation of C6–C10 linear alkanes to tertiary carbonyl-containing compounds

The carbonylation of C₆–C₁₀ n-alkanes with CO in the presence of CBr₄·2AlBr₃ at –40 °C and 1 atm CO leads to the products of non-destructive carbonylation, i.e., the esters of tertiary carboxylic acids, R¹C(Me)₂COOR and R²(Et)C(Me)COOR, after the workup of reaction mixtures with ROH.