Process for the alkoxycarbonylation of olefins in a medium having a low brønsted acid concentration

Abstract

Process comprising the following process steps: a) introducing an ethylenically unsaturated compound; b) adding a ligand-metal complex comprising Pd and a bidentate phosphine ligand, or adding a bidentate phosphine ligand and a compound which comprises Pd; c) adding an alcohol; d) supplying CO; e) heating the reaction mixture, the ethylenically unsaturated compound being reacted to form an ester, where the reaction mixture is admixed with less than 0.1 mol %, based on the amount of substance of the ethylenically unsaturated compound, of Brønsted acids having an acid strength of pKa ≦3, characterized in that the phosphine ligand is substituted on at least one phosphorus atom by at least one heteroaryl radical.

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