CATALYTIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION BY CATIONIC RHODIUM(I) COMPLEXES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(81)80014-9

Complexes formed by adding Group Vb ligands to ClO4 in the presence of potassium hydroxide catalyze hydrogen transfer from isopropanol to acetophenone, cyclohexene and other unsaturated substrates.The catalytic activity depends upon the nature of the mono- or bidentate nitrogen- or phosphorus-donor ligands. 2>ClO4 catalyses the selective reduction of hexyne or diolefins.