A general palladium-catalyzed carbonylative dimerization of styrenes has been developed. Starting from commercial available styrenes, symmetrical 1,5-diarylpent-1-en-3-ones were produced in good to excellent yields (see scheme; dppp=1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane).
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