Clara Tortosa Estorach^a, Arantxa Orejón,^a Núria Ruiz,^a Anna M. Masdeu-Bultó^a,* and Gábor Laurenczy^b

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^aDepartament de Quίmica Fίsica i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel.li Domingo s/n 43007 Tarragona, Spain. Fax: +34 977 559563; Tel: +34 977 559575; E-mail: annamaria.masdeu@urv.cat

^b Laboratory of Medicinal and Organometallic Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingeniérie Chimiques, Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, E-mail: gabor.laurenczy@epfl.ch

Catalytic hydroxycarbonylation of terminal long chain alkenes is an interesting reaction to transform alkenes into carboxylic acids with CO using a palladium complex as catalyst (1).

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The interest of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂), as a substitute solvent for catalytic reactions has quickly increased in the last years because of the advantages it presents compared with organic solvents.[1] Unfortunately, ionic and polar reagents generally exhibit low solubility in scCO₂, and it has limited application of scCO₂ in this catalytic processes.[2] To overcome this limitation modified ligands such as perfluorinated phosphines or/and soluble surfactants, which induces the formation of micelles with high-density fluid phase, have been employed. [3]

In the present work, the hydroxycarbonylation of 1-octene in scCO₂ has been studied using palladium catalytic precursors with fluorinated phoshines. Particular attention has been paid in the effect of perfluorinated surfactants (2) in order to generate microemulsions of water.

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Although this reaction in organic solvent affords high conversions and selectivities, the chemioselectivity in acids is shown to improve in scCO_2. The use of perfluorinated surfactant also enhances the activity and the regioselectivity to the linear acid.

High pressure NMR experiments in toluene-d₆ and scCO₂ showed the formation of Pd(0) species.

[1] Leitner, W., Acc. Chem. Res., 2002, 35, 746.

[2] Jessop, P. G.; Hsiao, Y.; Ikariya, T.; Noyori, R., J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1996, 118, 344.

[3] Johnston, K. P.; Harrison, K. L.; Clarke, M. J.; Howdle, S. M; Heitz, M. P; Bright, F. V.; Carlier,     C.; Randolph, T. W., Science, 1996, 271, 624.

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