Abstract: This invention relates to a process for alkylation at carbon and phosphorus sites in an aqueous medium using precious metal catalysts containing sulfonated triarylphosphines (STP) of the generic formula P(C.sub.6 H.sub.4 SO.sub.3 --)X(C.sub.6 H.sub.5)Y (X+Y=3).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 1989
Date of Patent:
August 27, 1991
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
Inventors:
Albert L. Casalnuovo, William A. Nugent, Jr.
Abstract: Ketones and aldehydes are converted to ethenylidene-containing compounds by reaction thereof with dimethyl carbonate and a phosphine compound.
Abstract: Tertiary allylic amines are obtained from vinylic halides and olefins, and substituted derivatives thereof, by reacting said halide with a mono-, di-, or tri-substituted olefin and an unhindered basic secondary amine in the presence of a palladium catalyst.