T. Okano, Tetsuji Hayashi, J. Kiji
Aug 1, 1994
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
The addition of surfactants such as n-C7H15SO3Na or n-C7H15COONa is effective in acceleration of the carboxylation of benzyl chloride using a water-soluble catalyst, [PdCl2{PPh2(m-C6H4SO3Na)}2], in an aqueous NaOH–heptane solution. Phenylacetic acid is easily isolated from the aqueous layer in high yields. However, the addition of n-C7H15SO3Na has no effect on the carboxylation using hydrophobic catalysts, [PdCl2(PPh3)2] and [Pd(PPh3)4], under the two phase conditions.