Abstract
The thermal reaction of Rh(acac)(CO)2 with alkenes has been studied both in the absence and in the presence of high-pressure hydrogen using in situ FTIR and polymer matrix techniques. A series of rhodium alkenes complexes, Rh(acac)(CO)(alkene) (alkene=ethene, propene, 1-butene, 1-octene and trans-3-octene), have been characterized using IR spectroscopy. In the presence of a high-pressure hydrogen, catalytic hydrogenation of alkenes was achieved using Rh(acac)(CO)2 within the polyethylene matrix. These results suggest that this hydrogenation process follows the so-called "olefin route" operating via a sequence of ligand loss, binding of an alkene, oxidative addition of hydrogen to the rhodium metal centre, insertion of the coordinated alkene into the M-H bond and finally reductive elimination of the alkane. Rh(acac)(CO) appears to be the active catalytic species in this process. High-pressure polymer matrix techniques have allowed us to unravel some of the interconversions of the catalytic species involved in this catalytic process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 128-133 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 678 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alkene complex
- Catalytic hydrogenation
- In situ FTIR
- Mechanism
- Polymer matrix
- Rhodium
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry