Cascade Reactions in Polymeric Nanoreactors: Mono (Rh)‐ and Bimetallic (Rh/Ir) Micellar Catalysis in the Hydroaminomethylation of 1‐Octene

The concept of micellar catalysis was transferred to the hydroaminomethylation of 1‐octene with N,N ‐dimethylamine. In the first series of experiments a rhodium( I ) complex with amphiphilic triphenylphosphane functionalized poly(2‐oxazoline)s as macroligand was applied as catalyst. Results obtained under standard hydroformylation conditions ( T  = 100 °C, p  = 50 bar) were not satisfying with regard to activities and selectivities of the hydroaminomethylation reaction. Rising the temperature to 150 °C increased the yield of amine to 22% with a corresponding n/iso selectivity of 7.5 and a TOF number of 461 h −1 . Best results were obtained by applying a dual Rh/Ir catalyst within the polymeric micelles leading at lower temperature of 130 °C to an amine yield of 24% with a corresponding n/iso selectivity of 11 and TOF numbers of about 600 h −1 .