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Direct, regioselective hydrocarboxylation of alkynes to saturated acids by cobalt and nickel catalysts under phase transfer conditions

JT Lee, H Alper

Index: Lee, Jong-Tae; Alper, Howard Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 15 p. 1769 - 1770

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Abstract

Summary* Phase transfer catalyzed carbonylation of alkynes in the presence of cobalt chloride, potassium cyanide, and nickel cyanide affords saturated carboxylic acids, with good selectivity observed for the branched-chain isomer. ... The metal complex catalyzed hydtocarboxylation