Publication: Acrylate formation from CO2 and ethylene

Authors:  Ariyananda, P., E. Stieber, S.C., Gordillo, A., Hofmann, P., Huguet, N., Jevtovikj, I., Kageyama, T., Limbach, M., Rominger, F., Schunk, S. A.

Chemical Communications, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01932J

We report the first catalyst based on palladium for the reaction of CO₂, alkene and a base to form sodium acrylate and derivatives. A mechanism similar to a previously reported Ni(0)-catalyst is proposed based on stoichiometric in situ NMR experiments, isolated intermediates and a parent palladalactone. Our palladium catalyst was applied to the coupling of CO₂ with conjugated alkenes.