Issue 10, 2009

SUPRAPhos ligands for the regioselective rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of styrene forming the linear aldehyde

Abstract

We report SUPRAphos-based rhodium catalysts that are unusually regioselective in the hydroformylation of styrene at low temperatures (40 °C) producing mainly the linear aldehyde (72%). This ligand-specific phenomenon is observed for two rhodium catalysts with heterobidentate phosphine–phosphoramidite ligands. We propose that the high selectivity for the linear product is caused by enhanced β-hydride elimination, due to specific substrate–ligand interactions, most likely π–π interactions.

Graphical abstract: SUPRAPhos ligands for the regioselective rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of styrene forming the linear aldehyde

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Oct 2008
Accepted
12 Dec 2008
First published
23 Jan 2009

Dalton Trans., 2009, 1801-1805

SUPRAPhos ligands for the regioselective rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of styrene forming the linear aldehyde

P. E. Goudriaan, M. Kuil, X. Jiang, P. W. N. M. van Leeuwen and J. N. H. Reek, Dalton Trans., 2009, 1801 DOI: 10.1039/B818665K

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