Cs. Cho et al., Facile palladium-catalyzed synthesis of 3-oxo-1,3-dihydro-1-isobenzofuranyl alkanoates from 2-bromobenzaldehyde and carboxylic acids, SYN COMMUN, 30(6), 2000, pp. 1139-1145
2-Bromobenzaldehyde reacts with carboxylic acids in acetonitrile under carb
on monoxide pressure in the presence of a catalytic amount of a palladium c
atalyst to give the corresponding 3-oxo-1,3-dihydro-1-isobenzofuranyl alkan
oates in high yields.