Ew. Evans et al., REACTIONS OF CATIONIC RHODIUM(I) CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS WITH NUCLEOPHILESTO FORM ALKOXO, CARBOALKOXY AND CARBOXYLATO COMPLEXES .2., Transition metal chemistry, 19(2), 1994, pp. 183-186
The rhodium(I) carbonyl compounds [Rh(CO)L2][BF4]. 1/2CH2Cl2 (L = PPh3
or AsPh3) react with the nucleophiles OMe-, RCOO- (R = Me, Et) under
nitrogen to form [Rh(OR)(CO)L2] (1)-(2) and [Rh(OOCR)(CO)L2] (7)-(10),
respectively. Addition of [Rh(CO)2(PPh3)2][BF4] to OMe- under nitroge
n produces [Rh(COOMe)(CO)(PPh3)2].MeOH (3), whilst reactions of [Rh(CO
)(PPh3)2][BF4].1/2CH2Cl2 and [Rh(CO)2(PPh3)2][BF4] with OR- (R = Me, E
t or n-Pr) in the presence of CO produce [Rh(COOR)(CO)2(PPh3)2] (4)-(6
). The products have been characterised by i.r., H-1 , P-31, C-13 n.m.
r. spectroscopy and elemental analysis.