Mechanism of the oxidation of ethylene by palladium(ii)

ABSTRACT THE oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde by aqueous palladium chloride forms the basis of the Wacker process. The kinetics and mechanism of this reaction have been extensively

studied for ethylene and other olefins, and most authors assume that the formation of a _cis_ hydroxoethylene–palladium complex is an essential step in the reaction1–4. We propose here a new

mechanism by which the _trans_ intermediate, [C2H4Pd(OH)Cl2]−, may directly yield the palladium σ-hydroxyalkyl species without the necessity of _trans–cis_ isomerisation or the attachment

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635–636 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256635b0 Download citation * Received: 24 June 1975 * Accepted: 15 July 1975 * Issue Date: 21 August 1975 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/256635b0

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