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

…, LV Afanas' eva, SV Vitt, PV Petrovskii

Index: Akhrem, Irena S.; Afanas'eva, Lyudmila V.; Vitt, Sergei V.; Petrovskii, Pavel V. Mendeleev Communications, 2002 , vol. 12, # 5 p. 180 - 182

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Abstract

The carbonylation of C6–C10n-alkanes with CO in the presence of CBr4· 2AlBr3 at–40° C and 1 atm CO leads to the products of non-destructive carbonylation, ie, the esters of tertiary carboxylic acids, R1C (Me) 2COOR and R2 (Et) C (Me) COOR, after the workup of reaction mixtures with ROH.