Jun Yang, A. Haynes, P. Maitlis
1999
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Chemical Communications
Abstract
Palladium(II) salts catalyse the carbonylation of methyl iodide in methanol to methyl acetate (5 atm CO, 140 °C) in the presence of a large excess of iodide, even without amine or phosphine co-ligands; platinum(II) salts show similar reactions but are a little less effective.