Abstract
The palladium-catalyzed decarbonylation of bio-derived carboxylic acids to alkyl acrylates, styrene, and acrylonitrile is reported. The olefins were isolated by continuous distillation in yields up to 87% by heating a neat, equimolar mixture of pivalic anhydride with the appropriate carboxylic acid to 190 °C in the presence of a Pd-phosphine catalyst.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 490-494 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Green Chemistry |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2 2012 |