List of Contributors.

1 Bite Angle Effects of Diphosphines in Carbonylation Reactions (Piet W.N.M. van Leeuwen, Zoraida Freixa).

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation.

1.3 Platinum-Catalyzed Alkene Hydroformylation.

1.4 Palladium-Catalyzed CO/Ethene Copolymerization.

1.5 Rhodium-Catalyzed Methanol Carbonylation: the Ligand-Modified Monsanto Process.

2 Reactivity of Pincer Complexes Toward Carbon Monoxide (David Morales-Morales).

2.1 Reactivity of CO with Pincer Complexes of the Group 10 (Ni, Pd, Pt).

2.2 Reactivity of CO with Pincer Complexes of the Group 9 (Rh and Ir).

2.3 Reactivity of CO with Pincer Complexes of the Group 8 (Fe, Ru, Os).

2.4 Final Remarks.

2.5 Acknowledgements.

3 Enantioselective Carbonylation Reactions (Carmen Claver, Cyril Godard, Aurora Ruiz, Oscar Pàmies, Montserrat Diéguez).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroformylation.

3.3 Pd-catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroxy- and Alkoxycarbonylation Reactions.

3.4 Conclusion.

4 Microwave-Promoted Carbonylations (Johan Wannberg, Mats Larhed).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Microwave Heating in Organic Chemistry.

4.3 Microwave-Promoted Carbonylations.

4.4 Conclusion.

5 Recent Advances in Two-Phase Carbonylation (Detlef Selent).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Carbonylation Reactions.

5.3 Methodology and Stability of Catalysts.

5.4 Innovative Concepts for Catalyst Separation in Biphasic Homogeneous Catalysis.

6 Catalytic Carbonylations in Ionic Liquids (Crestina S. Consorti, Jairton Dupont).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Brief History.

6.3 Hydroformylation.

6.4 Aryl Halides and Alcohols.

6.5 Carbonylation of Amines.

6.6 Carbonylation of C::C and C:::C bonds (Hydroesterification and Aminocarbonylation, Pauson–Khand, and Copolymerization).

6.7 Via C–H Bond Activation.

6.8 Stoichiometric Reactions and Mechanism.

6.9 Conclusions and Perspectives.

7 Carbonylation of Alkenes and Dienes (Tamás Kégl).

7.1 Hydroformylation of Alkenes and Dienes.

7.2 Hydrocarboxylation 185

7.3 Hydroalkoxycarbonylation.

7.4 Tandem Carbonylation Reactions.

8 Carbonylation of Diazoalkanes (Neszta Ungvári, Ferenc Ungváry).

8.1 Reactions of Diazoalkanes with Carbon Monoxide in the Absence of Transition Metal Complexes.

8.2 Reactions of Diazoalkanes with Carbon Monoxide in the Presence of Transition Metal Complexes.

8.3 Concluding Remarks.

9 Carbonylation of Enolizable Ketones (Enol Triflates) and Iodoalkenes (Antonio Arcadi).

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 Reactions of a,b-Unsaturated Acylpalladium Complexes with Nucleophiles.

9.3 Reactions of a,b-Unsaturated Acylpalladium Complexes with Organometals and Related Carbon Nucleophiles.

9.4 Reactions of a,b-Unsaturated Acylpalladium Complexes with p-Bond Systems.

9.5 Concluding Remarks.

10 Recent Developments in Alkyne Carbonylation (Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight, Catherine H. Smyth).

10.1 Introduction.

10.2 Hydrochalcogenocarbonylation and Dichalcogenocarbonylations.

10.3 Nonoxidative Hydroxy- and Alkoxycarbonylation of Alkynes.

10.4 Aminocarbonylation of Terminal Alkynes.

10.5 Oxidative Carbonylations.

10.6 Carbonylative Annulation of Alkynes.

10.7 Summary and Outlook.

11 Carbonylation of Allenes (Akihiro Nomoto, Akiya Ogawa).

11.1 Anti-Addition Process.

11.2 Vinylidenyl p-Allyl Metal Formation Process.

11.3 Hydrometalation or Heteroatom-Metalation Process.

11.4 Carbometalation Process.

12 Homogeneous Carbonylation Reactions in the Synthesis of Compounds of Pharmaceutical Importance (Rita Skoda-Földes).

12.1 Introduction.

12.2 Carbonylation of Alkenes (or Alkynes).

12.3 Carbonylation of Alcohols and Amines.

12.4 Carbonylation of Alkenyl/Aryl Halides or Triflates.

12.5 Concluding Remarks.

13 Palladium-Assisted Synthesis of Heterocycles via Carbonylation Reactions (Elisabetta Rossi).

13.1 Introduction.

13.2 Carbonylative Reactions Involving Oxidative Addition of Pd(0) to Csp2–X Bond.

13.3 Carbonylative Reactions Involving Palladium(II) Salts.

Index.