L. Lavenot et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEW HYDROPHILIC PHOSPHINES BY ADDITION OF DIPHENYLPHOSPHINE ON ACTIVATED ALKENES - CHARACTERIZATION OF THEIR RHODIUM COMPLEXES, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 509(1), 1996, pp. 9-14
The regioselective addition of diphenylphosphine on conjugated olefins
leads to new hydrophilic phosphines. Ligands with various functional
groups (carboxylic, sulfonate, trimethylammonium and hydroxy) and thei
r neutral and cationic rhodium complexes have been prepared and charac
terized.