Antimony(III) chloride as an efficient catalyst for palladium-catalyzed hydrophenylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88333-5

A remarkable catalytic effect of antimony(III) chloride was disclosed in palladium-catalyzed hydrophenylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes (Michael-type conjugate addition) with sodium tetraphenylborate in acetic acid at 25°C.