Has anyone other than KrZ and Grouch done a DMF/O2 Wacker? swim would like to give it a shot, but the fact that everyone's going with p-benzo and DMF/O2 is rarely mentioned makes him think maybe there is a problem with the method. SWIM read the writeup on rhodium's site, and it sounds awesome. i mean 75%+ yield, no p-benzo, 1g PdCl2 per 100g safrole. Why don't many people mention it? As for a reactor, one could get a brand new glass 80 psi 2L hydrogenation flask for like $300, one of the ones that uses Ace-Threds. The whole setup w/ oxygen tank would only be like $600-700. SWIM was thinking about it, seeing as a soda bottle is not safe to him. But he don't want to spend all that cash if the reaction isn't as good as it seems. So if anyone out there has done this rxn, please post successes, failures, etc. TFSE has been used, and so far, it doesn't seem to lean towards this rxn.