Alkyl dehydrogenation in a Rh(I) complex via an isolated agostic intermediate.
A well-characterised 14-electron rhodium phosphine complex, [Rh(PiPr3)3][BArF4], which contains a beta-CH agostic interaction, is observed to undergo spontaneous dehydrogenation to afford [Rh(PiPr3)2(PiPr2(C3H5))][BArF4]; calculations on a model system show that while C-H activation is equally acces...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Chaplin, AB,
Poblador-Bahamonde, A,
Sparkes, H,
Howard, J,
Macgregor, SA,
Weller, A |
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| Format: | Journal article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
2009
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