Use of Electrochemistry and Palladium Catalysts for an Efficient Synthesis of Carbonyl Compounds

The great utility of carbonylic compounds as starting materials is well known; the importance of carbonyl compounds derives from their reactivity, since they are susceptible to nucleophilic attack at carbon and eletrophilic attack at oxygen. Transition metals can be used as reagents and ascatalysts to bring carbon monoxide into many organic compounds. Among transition metals, used in organic synthesis, palladium complexes offer versatile and very useful synthetic methods for carbonylation reaction and, generally, for carbon-carbon bond formation.