The hydroesterification and hydrocarboxylation of 3, 3, 3-trifluoropropene (TFP) and pentafluorostyrene (PFS) catalyzed by phosphine-palladium complexes were studied. It was found that the efficiency and the product distribution of the reaction depended markedly on the nature of nucleophile, Le., water or alcohol, the structures of olefin and phosphine ligand, and other reaction variables such as solvent, temperature, and carbon monoxide ...
