Wacker patents

[PolytheneSam]

I found these looking in 568/426:

Patent US3850990

Group VIII metal catalyst that can be used include Fe, Co, Ni, Pt, Rh, Ru, Os, Ir and Pd (column 2 lines 45-46)

Patent US3365498

Pd, Pt, Ir, Rh, Ru, Os and Au (column 3 lines 49-50); co-oxidants may be Cu, Fe, Cr, Co, Ni, Mo, W and Pb.

Patent US3080425

various co-oxidants

Also see

http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/Miscpat.html

http://www.geocities.com/dritte123/PSPF.html
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[PrimoPyro]

I love you, Sam!  

I've been looking for these type of papers for awhile now, detailing alkene --> ketone with NOT just palladium catalysts.

To the hard drive they go, immediately.

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