Issue 21, 2004
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Dalton Transactions

The origin of chemoselectivity in the hydrocarbonylation of alkenes catalysed by trialkylphosphine complexes of rhodium†

Paraskevi Cheliatsidou,a   Daniel F. S. Whiteb  and  David J. Cole-Hamilton*a  

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a School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
E-mail: djc@st-and.ac.uk
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Tel: 44-1334-463805

b Lyondell Chemical Company, 3801 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA, USA
E-mail: Daniel.White@lyondell.com
Fax: 1-610-359-4866
Tel: 1-610-359-2064

Abstract

The formation of monophosphine acyl intermediates explains why PPri3 and PBui3 generate aldehydes in alkene hydrocarbonylation reactions carried out in protic solvents, whilst PEt3, for which the acyl complex contains two phosphines, produces alcohols.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B412919A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Aug 2004
Accepted
13 Sep 2004
First published
29 Sep 2004

Dalton Trans., 2004, 3425-3427

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The origin of chemoselectivity in the hydrocarbonylation of alkenes catalysed by trialkylphosphine complexes of rhodium

P. Cheliatsidou, D. F. S. White and D. J. Cole-Hamilton, Dalton Trans., 2004, 3425 DOI: 10.1039/B412919A

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