Phosphabarrelene–rhodium complexes as highly active catalysts for isomerization free hydroformylation of internal alkenes†
Bernhard Breit,Evelyn Fuchs
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 02/13/2004 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B315709A
Abstract
A new class of phosphabarrelene–rhodium catalysts is described which allows for the first time hydroformylation of internal alkenes with very high activity and which proceeds essentially free of alkene isomerization.