Phosphabarrelene–rhodium complexes as highly active catalysts for isomerization free hydroformylation of internal alkenes

Bernhard Breit, Evelyn Fuchs

Chemical Communications · 2004 · 71 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

A new class of phosphabarrelene-rhodium catalysts is described which allows for the first time hydroformylation of internal alkenes with very high activity and which proceeds essentially free of alkene isomerization.

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