RT Journal Article T1 Selective Oxidative Carbonylation of Aniline to Diphenylurea with Ionic Liquids A1 Zahrtmann, Nanette A1 Claver, Carmen A1 Godard, Cyril A1 Riisager, Anders A1 Garcia-Suarez, Eduardo J. AB A catalytic system for the selective oxidative carbonylation of aniline to diphenylurea based on Pd complexes in combination with imidazolium ionic liquids is presented. Both oxidants, Pd complexes, and ionic liquids affect the activity of the reaction, and the choice of oxidant determines the selectivity of the reaction. Together they allow the reaction to proceed under comparatively mild conditions without a loss of activity. Examination of the reaction by use of in situ NMR spectroscopy allowed us to observe an intermediate suggested only previously, which supported the proposed mechanism. SN 1867-3880 YR 2018 FD 2018-06-07 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3338 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3338 LA eng NO Zahrtmann , N , Claver , C , Godard , C , Riisager , A & Garcia-Suarez , E J 2018 , ' Selective Oxidative Carbonylation of Aniline to Diphenylurea with Ionic Liquids ' , ChemCatChem , vol. 10 , no. 11 , pp. 2450-2457 . https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800004 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim NO The authors are grateful to the Ministerio de Economia y Competividad and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional FEDER (CTQ2016-75016-R, AEI/FEDER, UE), the Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR2014), the Universitat Rovira I Virgili (Marti-Franques grant ref. 2013PMF-PIPF-89(0)) for funding, and to the staff at Servei de Recursos Científics i Tècnics of the URV for assistance with sample analysis. DS TECNALIA Publications RD 31 jul 2024