Introduction Olefin-palladium chloride complexes can be prepared easily2 by the method of Kharasch, et al. Recently, the industrial production of acetaldehyde from ethylene by catalytic action of palladium chloride was established. In this reaction, the formation of an ethylenepalladium chloride complex as an intermediate was a~ sumed.~ Since then, the reactivity of olefin-palladium chloride complexes has attracted attention from the viewpoint ...
