Tetrahedron letters

Photochemical carbonylation of alkyl iodides in the presence of various metal carbonyls

T Kondo, Y Tsuji, Y Watanabe

Index: Kondo, Teruyuki; Tsuji, Yasushi; Watanabe, Yoshihisa Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 31 p. 3833 - 3836

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Abstract

Abstract Various transition metal complexes including group VII and VIII metal carbonyls are highly active catalyst precursors for the photochemical carbonylation of organic iodides at room temperature under an atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide. Primary, secondary and tertiary alkyl iodides which have β-hydrogens on sp 3-carbons were smoothly carbonylated by this catalyst system without β-hydride elimination to give the ...