Rhodium complexes with the tripodal triphosphine MeC(CH2PPh2)3 as highly reactive systems for hydrogenation and hydroformylation of alkenes
Abstract
The (triphos)Rh fragment [triphos = MeC(CH2PPh2)3] is able to form strong bonds with several reactive species (hydride, alkyl, carbon monoxide, alkenes), some reactions of which are highly specific; preliminary results on the hydrogenation and hydroformylation of hex-1-ene using (triphos)RhH(C2H4) as catalyst precursor are discussed.