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Alcoholysis of acyl–Pd(II) complexes relevant to palladium catalysed CO/ethene coupling reactions such as polyketone synthesis/alkoxycarbonylation reactions is shown, in a highly active catalyst system, to proceed via coordination of methanol to the Pd centre prior to nucleophilic attack at the acyl carbon.
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