Palladium-Catalyzed Selective Carbonylation Reactions of -Phenylene Dihalides with Bifunctional ,-Nucleophiles.

Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reactions of -phenylene dihalides were studied using aminoethanols as heterobifunctional ,-nucleophiles. The activity of aryl-iodide and -bromide as well as the chemoselective transformation of amine and hydroxyl functionalities were studied systematically under carbonylation conditions. Aminocarbonylation can be selectively realized under optimized conditions, enabling the formation of amide alcohols, and the challenging alkoxycarbonylation can also be proved feasible, enabling amide-ester production.