Yg. Noskov et Es. Petrov, PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CARBONYLATION OF CHLOROBENZENE IN THE PRESENCE OFLEWIS-ACIDS, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 64(2), 1998, pp. 359-363
Carbonylation of chlorobenzene to 4-chlorobenzophenone and/or benzoyl
chloride may be catalyzed by PdCl2 in the presence of Lewis acids MCl3
(M = Al, Ga). Such a C-Cl bond carbonylation with a phosphine-free ca
talyst was previosly unknown.