Low pressure catalytic hydroformylation of 1-hexene by the carbonylhydrido-tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I), RhH(CO)(PPh3)3, in association with phosphinomethylzirconium complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(87)87117-6

Low pressure catalytic hydroformylation of 1-hexene was performed in the presence of RhH(CO)(PPh3)3 in association with diphenylphosphinomethylzirconium complexes such as Cp2Zr(CH2PPh2)2 and 2O or in the presence of bis(diphenylphosphine)butane.An isolated rhodium-zirconium complex, formulated as , was found to be catalytically active.