Atom-efficient: A selective palladium catalyst system is used for the hydroformylation of alkynes (see picture). In this syngas reaction, various alkynes were smoothly transformed to synthetically interesting α,β-unsaturated aldehydes in good yields with high regio- and stereoselectivity.
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