2012, Shuklov, I.A., Dubrovina, N.V., Schulze, J., Tietz, W., Kühlein, K., Börner, A.

A study on the influence of acidic and non-acidic promoters for Pd(PPh 3)-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of vinyl acetate was conducted in order to find an efficient protocol for the synthesis of methyl O-acetyl lactate. Besides known promoters also some new catalytic systems were tested. Aluminium triflate is the most active additive.