Journal of organometallic chemistry

The mechanism of reactions of organopalladium salts with vinylcyclopropanes

W Fischetti, RF Heck

Index: Fischetti, William; Heck, Richard F. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 293, p. 391 - 405

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Abstract

Abstract Cyclopropylmercuric chloride, lithium chloropalladite and methyl acrylate react at 0– 25 C to give an 81% yield of methyl sorbate. A π-allylic palladium intermediate is proposed since vinylcyclopropane, carbomethoxymercuric acetate, and lithium chloropalladate give the same product. The corresponding reactions with styrene and cyclopropylmercuric chloride or vinylcyclopropane and phenylmercuric chloride also give the same, isolable π- ...