T. Hanaoka et al., PHOSPHINATED LINEAR POLYSTYRENE AS A LIGAND OF PALLADIUM CATALYSTS FOR ETHOXYCARBONYLATION OF 4,4'-DIBROMOBIPHENYL, Catalysis letters, 28(2-4), 1994, pp. 337-342
Phosphinated linear polystyrene was synthesized and used as a ligand o
f palladium catalysts. It showed high activity for the ethoxycarbonyla
tion of 4,4'-dibromobiphenyl (I) in the presence of triethylamine. The
catalysts acted as homogeneous under the reaction conditions (150-deg
rees-C, p(CO) = 10 kg/cm2), and precipitated as solid materials after
the reaction. Catalytic performances highly depended on the compositio
ns of the solvent, and the highest activity was achieved in ethanol.