Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of benzylic ammonium salts to amides and esters via C–N bond activation
2018 ◽
Vol 16
(17)
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pp. 3099-3103
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Keyword(s):
An efficient palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reaction of readily available quaternary ammonium salts with CO is reported for the first time to afford arylacetamides and arylacetic acid esters via benzylic C–N bond cleavage.