Palladium-catalyzed amino- and selenocarbonylation of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds

This dissertation presents the development of some novel palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reactions. First, we developed the palladium-catalyzed hydroaminocarbonylation of acetylene to provide acrylamides. Next, we disclosed four-component aminocarbonylation of acetylene to offer β-perfluoroalkyl acrylamides. Finally, we realized regiodivergent carbonylation of alkenes with selenols to give either branched or linear selenoesters using different amounts of acid.