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Upstream product

• 271588-98-8 RhCl(η2-O2)[P(C6H4-p-Si(CH3))3]3 
• 18848-96-9 tris[(p-trimethylsilyl)phenyl]phosphine 
• 12092-47-6 di-μ-chloro-bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)dirhodium 

Downstream Products

• 271588-97-7 cis-[RhCl(H)2(P(C₆H₄-p-Si(CH₃)3)3)3] 
• 271588-98-8 RhCl(η2-O2)[P(C6H4-p-Si(CH3))3]3 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Fluorous versions of Wilkinson's catalyst. Activity in fluorous hydrogenation of 1-alkenes and recycling by fluorous biphasic separation

Two novel fluorous tris(arylphosphine)rhodium(I) chloride complexes RhCl[P{C6H4-p-SiMe2(CH2)2C(n)F(2n+1)}3]3 (3a: n = 6, 3b: n = 8) being fluorous analogues of Wilkinson's catalyst show high activity in hydrogenation of 1-alkenes under single phase fluorous conditions and can be effectively recycled using the new concept of fluorous biphasic separation. For comparison the p-(trimethylsilyl)-substituted derivative RhCl[P(C6H4-p- SiMe3)3]3 (3c) has also been synthesized and the X-ray structure of dimeric [Rh(μ-Cl){P(C6H4p-SiMe3)3}2]2 (4c) was determined. A comparison of the catalytic activity of the fluorous catalysts and the nonfluorous derivatives under identical conditions revealed a decreasing activity in the order 3c > 3a > RhCl-(PPh3)3 > 3b. The recycling efficiency of the new catalysts (> 98% for 3b) is much better than expected on the basis of the fluorous phase affinity of the free phosphine ligands themselves and is in fact the result of the much higher fluorous phase affinity of the phosphine-containing rhodium species that are present during and after catalysis. Hence it is demonstrated that assembling multiple fluorous ligands in a specific configuration at one metal center can drastically improve the fluorous phase affinity of the resulting complexes.

Fluorous biphasic hydrogenation of 1-alkenes using novel fluorous derivatives of Wilkinson's catalyst

A novel approach for the easy attachment of fluorous tails to aryl phospines has been developed, leading to a new fluorous alkylsilyl- substituted triaryl phospines P(C6H4SiMe2Rr-4)3(R(f)=- (CH2)2(CF2)(n)CF3; n = 5, 7). The derived fluorous tris(aryl phospine)rhodium(D chloride complexes, being fluorous analogs of Wilkinson's catalyst, show high activity in hydrogeneration of 1-alkenes under fluorous biphasic (FBS) conditions and can be effectively recycled.