The development of highly selective procedures is one of the core goals in organic chemistry. Among the known organic transformations, carbonylation reactions present an ideal choice for the preparation of carbonyl-containing compounds. In this review, the recent achievements on the control of the selectivity for carbonylation reactions have been summarized. The effects of ligands, solvents, and bases on the selectivity are been discussed.
Keywords: carbon monoxide; carbonylation; selectivity; synthetic methods; transition metals.
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