1. Department of Industrial Chemistry , College of Engineering, Kyungpook National University , Taegu, 702-701, Korea;2. Department of Surface Coating Engineering , Pukyung National University , Pusan, 608-739, Korea
Abstract:
o-Bromobenzaldehyde reacts with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds under carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of PdCl2(PPh3)2 to give the corresponding 3-alkylphthalides in moderate to good yields.