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Acknowledgements
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.1. General techniques
We thank the Spanish Ministerio de Educaci o´ n y Cul-
tura and the Generalitat de Catalunya (CIRIT) for
their financial support (PB97-0407-CO5-01) and the
Generalitat de Catalunya (CIRIT) for awarding a
research grant (to O.P.). We are very much indebted to
Professor P. W. N. M van Leeuwen of the University of
Amsterdam, for his comments and suggestions.
All syntheses were performed by standard Schlenk tech-
niques under nitrogen or argon atmosphere.
a
1
5
7g,8a
[
Rh(acac)(CO)2] and ligands 1–3
were prepared by
previously described methods. Solvents were purified by
standard procedures. All other reagents were commer-
1
31
1
cially available and used as supplied. H and P{ H}
NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian Gemini 300
MHz spectrometer. Chemical shifts were relative to
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3
.3. In situ HPNMR characterisation of
[
HRh(CO) (PP)]
2
In a typical experiment a sapphire tube (=10 mm)
was filled under argon with solution of
Rh(acac)(CO) ] (0.030 mmol) and ligand (molar ratio
a
[
2
P/Rh=2) in toluene-d (1.5 mL). The HPNMR tube
8
was purged twice with CO and pressurised to the
appropriate pressure of CO/H . After shaking the sam-
2
ple until the desired temperature was reached, the solu-
tion was analysed.