METAL CATALYSED CARBONYLATION OF UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS

摘要

The invention provides a method for the hydroxycarbonylation, alkoxycarbonylation, aryloxycarbonylation or thiocarbonylation of an unsaturated molecule comprising effecting a hydroxycarbonylation, alkoxycarbonylation, aryloxycarbonylation or thiocarbonylation reaction on the unsaturated molecule in which a complex comprising a ligand comprising a [n,n']cyclophane comprising two non-fused monocyclic aromatic rings bridged by two linear and aliphatic linkages, in which each of the non-fused monocyclic aromatic rings is substituted with a phosphorus atom-containing substituent, is used to catalyse the hydroxycarbonylation, alkoxycarbonylation, aryloxycarbonylation or thiocarbonylation reaction.