K. Nozaki et al., ASYMMETRIC HYDROFORMYLATION CATALYZED BY AN RH(I)-(R,S)-BINAPHOS COMPLEX - SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS IN OLEFINS ON THE REGIOSELECTIVITY, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 527(1-2), 1997, pp. 103-108
Olefins bearing the larger substituents at the allylic position were h
ydroformylated in the higher iso/normal selectivity when Rh(I)-(R,S)-B
INAPHOS was used as a catalyst. Deuterioformylation of 4,4,4-triphenyl
-1-butene suggests that the higher iso/normal ratio may be attributed
to the accelerated CO insertion to the iso-alkylrhodium 7i.