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Cis-(S)Ph2)>: A New Catalyst for Methanol Carbonylation
Baker, Michael J.,Giles, Martin F.,Orpen, A. Guy,Taylor, Michael J.,Watt, Robert J.
, p. 197 - 198 (1995)
The complex cis-(S)Ph2)> is eight times more active than the classic Monsanto catalyst - for the carbonylation of methanol at 185 deg C offering the first promoted system effective under conditions which allow industrially realistic rates; the X-ray crystal structure of the analogue cis-(S)Ph2)> is reported together with in situ spectroscopic evidence for species in the catalytic cycle.
