Process for preparing unsaturated aliphatic esters from aliphatic dienes

摘要

This invention relates to the selective production of fatty acid derivatives from aliphatic diene substrates such as 1,3-butadiene, in the presence of dual-function homogeneous palladium complexes and certain O-heterocyclic and S-heterocyclic solvents. Also effective are phosphorus-nitrogen-containing solvents.