Parallel Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids from Aryl Iodides, Bromides, and Vinyl Triflates Using Acetic Anhydride and Formate Anion as an External Condensed Source of Carbon Monoxide

Aryl iodides, bromides and vinyl-triflates are usually converted in high to excellent yields into the corresponding carboxylic acids through a parallel palladium-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation using lithium formate and acetic anhydride as external condensed source of carbon monoxide.