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Carbon-Carbon Activation by Rhodium in Solution; sp2-sp3 is Preferred Over sp3-sp3 Bond Cleavage
Liou, Shyh-Yeon,Gozin, Michael,Milstein, David
, p. 1965 - 1966 (1995)
Reaction of the ethyl-aromatic phosphine 1 with PhRh(PPh3)3 results in C-H activation, yielding complex 2, which upon treatment with H2 undergoes selective cleavage of the sp2-sp3 hybridized C-C bond forming ethane and complex 3; Ar-
