Abstract 8-Hydroxyquinolinato (1, 5-cyclooctadiene) rhodium (I),[Rh (oxine)(COD)], was synthesized by the reaction between [RhCl (COD)] 2, and the sodium salt of 8- hydroxyquinoline. This compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P− 1 with a= 7.701 Å, b= 10.062 Å, c= 9.802 Å, α 72.82, β= 108.03 and γ= 99.42 and with 2 molecules per unit cell. The crystal structure was determined from 2917 observed reflections obtained with a ...