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A Tertiary Phosphonium Salt as a Promoter for the Hydrogenation of CO
Author(s) -
Blank Jan H.,
Hembre Robert,
Ponasik James,
ColeHamilton David J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201200176
Subject(s) - phosphonium , chemistry , salt (chemistry) , phosphonium salt , organic chemistry , catalysis , inorganic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
A big promotion: One reason for the irreproducibility that is sometimes found in hydrogenation reactions of CO catalysed by [Ru 3 (CO) 12 ] in molten [PBu 4 ]Br is the possible presence of [HPBu 3 ]Br, which acts as a promoter by providing a source of HBr.