Phenyl formate is widely used in the palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of aryl, alkenyl and allyl halides. It is also used as a reagent for the formylation of amines.
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Applications
Phenyl formate is widely used in the palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of aryl, alkenyl and allyl halides. It is also used as a reagent for the formylation of amines.
Solubility
Immiscible with water, alcohol, ether and benzene.
RUO – Research Use Only
Reagent for the formylation of amines in high yield: J. Org. Chem., 36, 3238 (1971).
Ren, W.; Chang, W.; Wang, Y.; Li, J.; Shi, Y. Pd-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Hydroesterification of Aryl Olefins with Phenyl Formate. Org. Lett. 2015, 17 (14), 3544-3547.
Konishi, H.; Nagase, H.; Manabe, K. Concise synthesis of cyclic carbonyl compounds from haloarenes using phenyl formate as the carbonyl source. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51 (10), 1854-1857.