Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions

Hydrocarbonylation of prop-2-en-1-ol to butane-1, 4-diol and 2-methylpropan-1-ol catalysed by rhodium triethylphosphine complexes

WS Alan

Index: Simpson, Michael C.; Currie, Alan W. S.; Andersen, Jo-Ann M.; Cole-Hamilton, David J.; Green, Michael J. Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 1996 , # 9 p. 1793 - 1800

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Abstract

The hydrocarbonylation of prop-2-ene-1-ol catalysed by [Rh2 (O2CMe) 4]–PEt3, which gives [RhH (CO)(PEt3) 2] as the active species, has been found to produce predominantly butane- 1, 4-diol and 2-methylpropan-1-ol with small amounts of 2-methylpropane-1, 3-diol and propan-1-ol. Neither 2-enal nor 2-methylprop-2-en-1-ol are intermediates in the production of 2-methylpropan-1-ol. By carrying out the reaction under a variety of reaction conditions ...