Preparation and catalytic hydrogenation properties of some rhodium and ruthenium complexes with chiral tridentate phosphine ligands (S,S)-PhP(CH2CHMeCH2PPh2)(2) and (S)-Ph2PCH2CH(PPh2)CH2CH2PPh2)
Hm. Lee et al., Preparation and catalytic hydrogenation properties of some rhodium and ruthenium complexes with chiral tridentate phosphine ligands (S,S)-PhP(CH2CHMeCH2PPh2)(2) and (S)-Ph2PCH2CH(PPh2)CH2CH2PPh2), J ORGMET CH, 601(2), 2000, pp. 330-334
Treatment of RhCl(ttp*) (ttp*=(S,S)-PhP(CH2CHMeCH2PPh2)(2)) with NaBH4 prod
uced Rh(BP4)(ttp*). The reaction of RuCl2(ttp*) with NaBH4 produced RuH(BH4
)(ttp*). The complexes RhCl(ttp*), RuCl2(ttp*), Rh(BH4)(ttp*), and RuH(BH4)
(ttp*) were found to be catalytically active for the hydrogenation of alpha
-acetamidocinnamic acid. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved
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