Decomposition of trans-[(C5Me5RhMe)2(µ-CH2)2] takes place at 20 °C in the presence of 1-electron oxidisers to give methane, ethylene, and notably propylene, by coupling of C1 ligands (thermally the same reactions only occur at 250 °C); the analogy to Fischer–Tropsch reactions on rhodium surface is noted.
A. Nutton, A. V. de Miguel, K. Isobe and P. M. Maitlis, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983, 166 DOI: 10.1039/C39830000166
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