Organometallics

Nickel-catalyzed reductive hydroesterification of styrenes using CO2 and MeOH

L González-Sebastián, M Flores-Alamo…

Index: Gonzalez-Sebastian, Lucero; Flores-Alamo, Marcos; Garcia, Juventino J. Organometallics, 2012 , vol. 31, # 23 p. 8200 - 8207

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Abstract

Complexes [(dippe) Ni (μ-H)] 2 (A)(dippe= 1, 2-bis-di-isopropylphosphino) ethane) and [(dtbpe) Ni (μ-H)] 2 (B)(dtbpe= 1, 2-bis-di-tert-butylphospino) ethane) catalyze the reductive hydroesterification of styrenes with the use of CO2 and MeOH. The latter acts as a hydrogen source and as an esterificating agent, to yield the corresponding branched and linear esters in moderate to good yields. In all of the studied reactions the linear esters were obtained ...