Effect of Base on Palladium-Black Catalyzed Carbonylation of Iodobenzene

Abstract

Abstract It was found that palladium-black is a highly active catalyst for the carbonylation of iodobenzene with carbon monoxide and methanol in the presence of potassium acetate, triethylamine, or tributylamine to give methyl benzoate. The kinetic study of the carbonylation showed that the oxidative addition of iodobenzene to a palladium(0) complex is rate-determining, and that the bases affect considerably the rate-determining step.