Wacker process

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the named-reactions subtree

PdCl₂/CuCl₂-catalyzed oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde (industrial, 1960s). Terminal alkenes → methyl ketones (Markovnikov). Mechanistic paradigm for Pd(II) nucleopalladation.

Related concepts

Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling

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