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The reaction of o-iodobenzoic acid with various acetylenic compounds in the presence of a palladium catalyst leads to phthalides [1-(3H)isobenzofuran-3-ones] as major products and isocoumarins as minor products.
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Kundu et al. (1993) studied this question.
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