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Acetylene is hydrocarboxylated to acrylic acid in the presence of nickel carbonyl catalyst. If methanol is used, the product will be the methyl ester.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

HC≡CH
  +  
CO
  +  
Ni(CO)4
  +  
CH3OH
         
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Acetylene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon monoxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nickel carbonyl Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methanol     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methyl acrylate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: 1,1
Industrial Process: Organic
Redox

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