SOME RHODIUM(I) AND RHODIUM(III) COMPLEXES WITH THE TRIPOD-LIKE LIGANDS RC(CH2PPh2)3 (R=Me: triphos; R=Et: triphos-I) AND THE X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)80205-9

The syntheses of (8, triphos=CH3C(CH2PPh2)3) and the related compound (triphos-I=EtC(CH2PPh2)3) are described, and the X-ray crystal structure of the latter is reported.The crystals are monoclinic space group P2₁/a, a 15.985(6), b 19.683(7), c 11.900(4) Angstroem, β 103,73(6) degree, Z=4.The structure was solved by the heavy atom method and refined by full-matrix leastsquares to the conventional R factor value of 0.057 for 2649 observed reflections.The metal atom is octahedrally coordinated by three phophorus atoms and by three hydrogen atoms, each trans to one phosphorus.Complex 8 has been shown to react with CO to give (2).Compound 2 reacts with CH2=CHCO2Me to give only the branched insertion product .The complex has been re-investigated and was obtained in a single isomeric form which has been assigned a five-coordinate structure.The five-coordinate compounds (X=Br and I) are also described.