Cyclooctadiene rhodium chloride dimer
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di-μ-chlorido-
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Cyclooctadiene rhodium chloride dimer
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.031.949 |
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| C16H24Cl2Rh2 | |
| Molar mass | 493.0806 g/mol |
| Density | 1.93 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 243 °C (469 °F; 516 K) |
| Solubility | dichloromethane |
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| H302, H315, H317, H319, H335, H411 | |
| P261, P264, P270, P271, P272, P273, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P333+P313, P337+P313, P362, P363, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cyclooctadiene rhodium chloride dimer is the organorhodium compound with the formula Rh2Cl2(C8H12)2, commonly abbreviated [RhCl(COD)]2 or Rh2Cl2(COD)2. This yellow-orange, air-stable compound is a widely used precursor to homogeneous catalysts.[1]
Preparation and reactions
[edit]The synthesis of [RhCl(COD)]2 involves heating a solution of hydrated rhodium trichloride with 1,5-cyclooctadiene in aqueous ethanol in the presence of sodium carbonate:[1][2]
- 2 RhCl3·3H2O + 2 COD + 2 CH3CH2OH + 2 Na2CO3 → [RhCl(COD)]2 + 2 CH3CHO + 8 H2O + 2 CO2 + 4 NaCl
[RhCl(COD)]2 is principally used as a source of the electrophile "[Rh(COD)]+."
- [RhCl(COD)]2 + nL → [LnRh(COD)]+Cl− (where L = PR3, alkene, etc. and n = 2 or 3)
In this way, chiral phosphines can be attached to Rh. The resulting chiral complexes are capable of asymmetric hydrogenation.[3] A related but still more reactive complex is chlorobis(cyclooctene)rhodium dimer. The dimer reacts with a variety of Lewis bases (L) to form adducts with the stoichiometry RhCl(L)(COD).
Structure
[edit]The molecule consists of a pair of square planar Rh centers bound to a 1,5-cyclooctadiene and two chloride ligands that are shared between the Rh centers. The Rh2Cl2 core is also approximately planar,[4] in contrast to the highly bent structure of cyclooctadiene iridium chloride dimer where the dihedral angle is 86°.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Giordano, G.; Crabtree, R. H. "Di-μ-chloro-bis(η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)dirhodium(I)" Inorganic Syntheses, 1990, volume 28, pages 88-90. doi:10.1002/9780470132593.ch22
- ^ Chatt, J.; Venanzi, L. M. (1956). "Olefin Complexes of Rhodium". Nature. 177 (4514): 852–3. Bibcode:1956Natur.177..852C. doi:10.1038/177852b0. S2CID 4296682.
- ^ W. S. Knowles (2003). "Asymmetric Hydrogenations (Nobel Lecture 2001)". Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 345 (1–2): 3–13. doi:10.1002/adsc.200390028.
- ^ "Di-μ-chloro-bis[(cis,cis-η4-1,5-cyclooctadiene)rhodium(I)]: a redetermination" De Ridder, Kirk J. A. Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications 1994, C50, 1569-72. doi:10.1107/S0108270194001459
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