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First donor stabilized-phosphenium rhodium complexes

2008

Abstract The coordination properties of a donor stabilized-phosphenium adduct have been examined in rhodium chemistry. The preparation as well as the characterization of the first examples of donor stabilized-phosphenium rhodium(I) complexes is reported in this paper. Indeed, mono- and di-cationic rhodium complexes were obtained in quantitative yield by the direct addition of this imidazolium P(III)-ligand to [RhCl(1,5-COD)] 2 in CH 2 Cl 2 solution with a 1:1 P/Rh ratio under argon and 2:1 P/Rh ratio under CO atmosphere, respectively. Crystal structure of the bis-cationic donor stabilized-phosphenium rhodium(I) complex has been obtained from an acetone/pentane mixture. Its molecular structu…