Application of the water-gas shift reaction. I. Hydrogenation and hydroformylation reactions of olefins with carbon monoxide and water catalyzed by rhodium …

T Okano, T Kobayashi, H Konishi, J Kiji

Index: Okano, Tamon; Kobayashi, Teruyuki; Konishi, Hisatoshi; Kiji, Jitsuo Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1981 , vol. 54, # 12 p. 3799 - 3805

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Abstract

The hydrogenation of methyl crotonate with CO and H 2 O is efficiently catalyzed by RhH 2 (O 2 COH)[P (i-Pr) 3] 2 or [RhCl (C 7 H 8)] 2/P (i-Pr) 3/n-BuLi (C 7 H 8= norbornadiene). Both catalyst precursors are shown to form the same active species; transRh (OH)(CO)[P (i-Pr) 3] 2. The catalytic activity of the system ([RhCl (C 7 H 8)] 2/phosphine/n-BuLi) increases with increase of the basicity of the phosphine ligands (phosphine= P (i-Pr) 3> P (n-Bu) 3> PPh ...