%0 Journal Article %T METHOXYCARBONYLATION OF STYRENE BY PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEX CONTAINING THE DIPHENYLPHOSPHINOCYRHETRENE LIGAND %A Z¨²£¿IGA %A C¨¦SAR %A SIERRA %A DIEGO %A OYARZO %A JUAN %A KLAHN %A A. HUGO %J Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-97072012000200009 %X the palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of vinylarenes has been investigated for the first time using phosphinocyrhetrene [(ti5-c5h4pph2)re(co)3] a non-metallocenic organometallic ligand. the catalytic system trans-[(t5-c5h4pph2)re(co)3]pdcl2(ncme)/pph3 (1:2 ratio), carbon monoxide and methanol, in the presence of hcl as acidic promoter, showed good catalytic activity, excellent regioselectivity to the branched products and chemoselectivity up to 94%. %K methoxycarbonylation %K phosphinocyrhetrene ligand %K vinylarenes. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-97072012000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en