Phosphine–olefinligands: a facile dehydrogenative route to catalytically active rhodium complexes†
Thomas M. Douglas,Jérôme Le Nôtre,Simon K. Brayshaw,Christopher G. Frost,Andrew S. Weller
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 07/21/2006 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B608129K
Abstract
Facile, metal-mediated, (acceptorless) dehydrogenation of tricyclopentyl phosphine directly affords rhodium chelating phosphine–olefin complexes, some of which are catalytically active for 1,4-additions.
