A New Catalytic Reaction: Oxidative Carbonylation of Alkynes to Alkynylcarboxylic Acid Esters

Abstract
A new catalytic reaction – oxidative carbonylation of alkynes in the PdCl 2 CuCi system – and the reaction mechanism have been proposed based on the unusual effects of oxygen and copper(i) salts on this process and the key role of σ-alkynylcopper(i) complexes in the reaction.