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DOI: 10.1039/A703895J (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 1835-1836

A highly efficient catalyst precursor for ethanoic acid production: [RhCl(CO)(PEt3)2]; X-ray crystal and molecular structure of carbonyldiiodo(methyl)bis(triethylphosphine)rhodium(III)

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Joanne Rankin, Attila C. Benyei, David J. Cole-Hamilton and Andrew D. Poole

Abstract

Under mild conditions, [RhI(CO)(PEt3)2], is more active for the carbonylation of methanol to ethanoic acid than [Rh(CO)2I2]–, which is widely used industrially; intermediates in the catalytic cycle have been identified and characterised.

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