aliphatic alcohols (also as solvent) allow to produce useful α,β-unsaturatedesters in good to excellent yields at 70 °C. Efficient regioselectivity could be controlled in the presence of N-ligands while the P-ligands had no influence on the conversion of substrates and the chemo/regioselectivity of target products. By involving N-ligand 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline in the catalytic system, α,β-unsaturated