S. Cacchi et al., The utilization of supercritical carbon dioxide in the palladium-catalyzedhydroarylation of beta-substituted-alpha,beta-enones, SYNLETT, (5), 2000, pp. 650-652
The utilization of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO(2)) has a beneficial
effect on the palladium-catalyzed reaction of acyclic beta-substituted-alph
a,beta-enones with aryl iodides and hydroarylation (formal conjugate additi
on) products were isolated in good to high yields. The hydroarylation to vi
nylic substitution ratio is usually high.