Rhodium, bis

A new family of chiral ligands for asymmetric homogeneous hydrogenation has been developed. The performance of mono- and bis-rhodium complexes of these chiral ferrocene tetraphosphine ligands in the hydrogenation of model substrates was surveyed in comparison to their ferrocene bis-phosphine analogs. 

As seen in Table 1, the mono- and bis-rhodium complexes of tetraphosphine 2 provide similar enantioselectivities in the chiral hydrogenation of both substrates as the rhodium complex of the diphosphine (Josiphos) ligand 1 does. The bis-rhodium complex of 6 provides higher conversion but similar enantioselectivity as the rhodium complex of the diphosphine (Bophoz) ligand 5 in the chiral hydrogenation of MAC. 

The bridging bis-rhodium(T) complex was successfuUy employed in the hydrosUylation reaction between phenylacetylaie (butylacetylene) and dimethylphenylsUane (trimethoxysUane). 

Metallic rhodium or an alloy with Au is almost insoluble, unless very finely divided, in HNO3/HCI. Alloyed with Cu, Pt, Pb or Bi, rhodium is soluble in HNO3. Freshly precipitated Ir may be dissolved in aqua regia. Compact or ignited Ir is insoluble in all aqueous acids. A Pt-Ir alloy containing 25 to 30% Ir is not attacked by aqua regia. 

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation was one of the first enantioselective synthetic methods used industrially (82). 2,2 -Bis(diarylphosphino)-l,l -binaphthyl (BINAP) is a chiral ligand which possesses a Cg plane of symmetry (Fig. 9). Steric interactions prevent interconversion of the (R)- and (3)-BINAP. Coordination of BINAP with a transition metal such as mthenium or rhodium produces a chiral hydrogenation catalyst capable of inducing a high degree of enantiofacial selectivity (83). Naproxen (41) is produced in 97% ee by... 

Cases of the S-coordinated rhodium and iridium are quite scarce. To complete the picture, we next consider the possibilities of S-coordination using complicated derivatives of thiophene. 2,5-[Bis(2-diphenylphosphino)ethyl]thiophene is known to contain three potential donor sites, two phosphorus atoms and the sulfur heteroatom, the latter being a rather nucleophilic center (93IC5652). A more typical situation is coordination via the phosphorus sites. It is also observed in the product of the reaction of 2,5-bis[3-(diphenylphosphino)propyl]thiophene (L) with the species obtained after treatment of [(cod)Rh(acac)] with perchloric acid (95IC365). Carbonylation of [Rh(cod)L][C104]) thus prepared yields 237. Decarbonylation of 237 gives a mixture of 238 and the S-coordinated species 239. Complete decarbonylation gives 240, where the heterocycle is -coordinated. The cycle of carbonylation decarbonylation is reversible. 

A rhodium-on-alumina catalyst deactivated in bis-(4-aminophenyl)-methane saturation (I IS C, 100 psig) was regenerated by two washings with aqueous ammonia at 65°C, followed by drying at 90°C(I6) or by washing with acetic acid. 

The most effective catalysts for enantioselective amino acid synthesis are coordination complexes of rhodium(I) with 1,5-cyclooctadiene (COD) and a chiral diphosphine such as (JR,jR)-l,2-bis(o-anisylphenylphosphino)ethane, the so-called DiPAMP ligand. The complex owes its chirality to the presence of the trisubstituted phosphorus atoms (Section 9.12). 

Ethane, (K)-l-cyclohexyl-L2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-rhodium complexes asymmetric hydrogenation, 6,253 Ethane, tetracyano-metal complexes, 2,263 Ethane, tetrakis(aminomethyl)-metal complexes, 2, 56 Ethane, tris[l, 1, l-(trisaminomethyl)]-complexes structure, 1,26... 

Phosphine, amino-rhodium complexes catalysts, hydroformylation, 6,261 Phosphine, 3-aminopropyldimethyl-photographic fixer, 6,100 Phosphine, bis(2-carboxyethyl)methyl-photography... 

Propane, (J )-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-rhodium complexes asymmetric hydrogenation, 6, 251... 

Bis-[triphenylphosphin]-carbonyl-organo-rhodium(0) bzw. -iridium(O) sind aus den entsprechenden Dichloro-Komplexen bzw. Carbonyl-tris-[triphenyl-phosphin]-rhodium(0) bzw.-iridium(O) aus den Chloro-Komplexen zuganglich7 ... 

Recently a novel chiral ferrocene-based amidinato ligand and its rhodium complexes have been described. The chiral N,N -bis(ferrocenyl)-substituted formamidine (N,N -bis[(S)-2- (lR)-l-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl ferrocen-l-yl]for-mamidine was prepared from commercially available (IR)-l-(dimethylamino) ethyl ferrocene by a multistep procedure in an overall yield of 29%. Deprotonation of the ligand with -butyllithium followed by addition of [RhCl2(COD)2] as illustrated in Scheme 167 yielded the corresponding (formamidinato)rhodium(l)... 

These complexes can be isolated in some cases in others they are generated in situ from appropriate precursors, of which diazo compounds are among the most important. These compounds, including CH2N2 and other diazoalkanes, react with metals or metal salts (copper, palladium, and rhodium are most commonly used) to give the carbene complexes that add CRR to double bonds. Ethyl a-diazoacetate reacts with styrene in the presence of bis(ferrocenyl) bis(imine), for example, to give ethyl 2-phenylcyclopropane-l-carboxylate. Optically active complexes have... 

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