REMARKABLE REGIOSELECTIVITY IN THE REACTION BETWEEN [(ETA(5)-C5ME4H)RHCL(MU-CL)](2) AND (C6F5)(2)PCH2CH2P(C6F5)(2) - SYNTHESIS OF A CHIRAL-AT-METAL RHODIUM COMPLEX CATION VIA CARBON-FLUORINE AND CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND ACTIVATION AND CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION
Mj. Atherton et al., REMARKABLE REGIOSELECTIVITY IN THE REACTION BETWEEN [(ETA(5)-C5ME4H)RHCL(MU-CL)](2) AND (C6F5)(2)PCH2CH2P(C6F5)(2) - SYNTHESIS OF A CHIRAL-AT-METAL RHODIUM COMPLEX CATION VIA CARBON-FLUORINE AND CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND ACTIVATION AND CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 558(1-2), 1998, pp. 209-212
The reaction between [(eta(5)-C5Me4H)RhCl(mu-Cl)](2) and (C6F5)(2)PCH2
CH2P(C6F5)(2) proceeds in refluxing benzene via activation of two C-F
and C-H bonds and formation of two C-C bonds to yield the chiral catio
n (5)-C5HMe2-2,4-[CH2C6F4P(C6F5)CH2](2)-1,3}RhCl](+) with > 90% select
ivity. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.