Benzene → Ethyl 3,3-diphenylacrylate

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In a flask, 45 mmol of benzene, 3 mmol of ethyl acrylate, 0.03 mmol of palladium(II) acetate, 0.02 mmol of H3PMo12O40, 0.08 mmol of sodium acetate, 0.03 mmol of acetylacetone, and 5 ml of propionic acid were placed and were stirred at a constant temperature of 90° C. in an atmosphere of oxygen gas at 1 atm (0.1 MPa) for 12 hours. The resulting reaction mixture was analyzed by gas chromatography to find that ethyl cinnamate and ethyl 3,3-diphenylacrylate were produced in yields of 19% and 1%, respectively.

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