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

I. S. Akhrem, L. V. Afanas'eva, S. V. Vitt, P. V. Petrovskii

A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: 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.

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DOI: 10.1070/MC2002v012n05ABEH001661