Ny. Kozitsyna et Ii. Moiseev, ISOMERIZATION AND CARBONYLATION OF ESTERS CATALYZED BY PHOSPHIDE COMPLEXES OF PLATINUM IN THE PRESENCE OF LEWIS-ACIDS, Kinetics and catalysis, 32(4), 1991, pp. 888-892
It was found that the polynuclear phosphide complex of platinum [PPh2P
t]n (n = 8-10) in RCOOR' solution, containing acids of the BF3, SbF5,
CF3COOH, C2H5OCF(CF3)CF2OC2F4-SO3H type, catalyzes the isomerization o
f methyl formate to acetic acid and the carbonylation of methyl acetat
e to acetic anhydride at 20-25-degrees-C and 0.1 mPa (Ar or CO, respec
tively).