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The Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Some Open‐Sided Binuclear Complexes of Rh I : The Structure of [Rh 2 (CO) 2 (CH 3 CN) 2 {CH(PPh 2 ) 3 }](CF 3 SO 3 ) 2
Author(s) -
ElAmouri Hani,
Bahsoun Ali A.,
Fischer Jean,
Osborn John A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198711691
Subject(s) - catalysis , rhodium , chemistry , physics , stereochemistry , organic chemistry
Strong donor‐acceptor character is the salient feature of the RhRh bond in 1 , which contains two coordinatively unsaturated, neighboring Rh1 centers. The “more open” Rh center, coordinated in a square‐pyramidal fashion, thereby becomes so electron poor that CO adds to the square‐planar Rh center upon reaction with 1 (L = MeCN). A complex analogous to 1 catalyzes hydrogenation.