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Generation of the 15-electron rhodium(II) complex [RhCl(PPh3)3]+ by 1-electron oxidation of wilkinson's catalyst
Barrière, Frédéric,Geiger, William E.
, p. 2133 - 2135 (2008/10/08)
Wilkinson's catalyst, RhCl(PPh3)3 (1), undergoes a one-electron oxidation at a sufficiently low potential (E1/2 = +0.035 V us Fc) to allow a facile electron-transfer reaction with mild oxidants such as the ferrocenium ion. The Rh(II) cation 1+ decomposes rapidly to the very reactive intermediate 2, which over longer reaction times gives rise to the three-coordinate complex [Rh(PPh3)3]+ (4).
