Rhodium carbonyl catalysts

Rhodium Catalysts, Rhodium carbonyl catalysts for olefin hydroformylation are more active than cobalt carbonyls and can be applied at lower temperatures and pressures (14). Rhodium hydrocarbonyl [75506-18-2], HRl CO) results in lower -butyraldehyde [123-72-8] to isobutyraldehyde [78-84-2] ratios from propylene [115-07-1], C3H6, than does cobalt hydrocarbonyl, ie, 50/50 vs 80/20. Ligand-modified rhodium catalysts, HRh(CO)2L2 or HRh(CO)L3, afford n- /iso-ratios as high as 92/8 the ligand is generally a tertiary phosphine. The rhodium catalyst process was developed jointly by Union Carbide Chemicals, Johnson-Matthey, and Davy Powergas and has been licensed to several companies. It is particularly suited to propylene conversion to n-butyraldehyde for 2-ethylhexanol production in that by-product isobutyraldehyde is minimized. 

Styrene, a-ethyl-asymmetric hydroformylation catalysts, platinum complexes, 6, 266 asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts, rhodium complexes, 6, 250 Styrene, a-methyl-asymmetric carbonylation catalysis by palladium complexes, 6, 293 carbonylation... 

The bluish white, hard, yet ductile, metal is inert to all acids and highly non-abrasive. Used for heavy-duty parts in electrical contacts and spinning jets. Reflectors are prepared from the mirror-smooth surfaces (e.g. head mirrors in medicine). Thin coatings provide a corrosion-resistant protective layer, for example, for jewelry, watches, and spectacle frames. The metal is a constituent of three-way catalysts. Rhodium complexes are used with great success in carbonylations (reactions with CO) and oxidations (nitric acid) in industry. Platinum-rhodium alloys are suitable thermocouples. 

The catalyst precursor generally used for the reaction is rhodium dicarbonyl acetylacetonate. However, detailed infrared studies under the reaction conditions (ca. 1000 bar CO/H2 and 200°C) have shown both the [Rh(CO)4] and the [Rh12(CO)34 36]2 anions to be present in various concentrations at different stages of the reaction (62, 63). It is suggested that rhodium carbonyl clusters, characterized as having three intense infrared absorptions at 1868 10, 1838 10, and 1785 10 cm-1, are responsible for the catalysis (62), and it is believed that the reaction is dependent upon the existence of the following equilibria ... 

SUPPORTED RHODIUM CARBONYLATION CATALYSTS FOR METHANOL CARBONYLATION... 

The first report of rhodium catalysts for aldehyde reduction came from Marko who reported the use of RhCl3 3H20 under hydroformylation conditions [9]. It was suggested that the active species were rhodium carbonyls, and the catalyst system was successfully utilized in the hydrogenation of ethanal, propanal, and benzalde-... 

Pettit and coworkers—metal hydride intermediates by weak base attack over Fe carbonyl catalysts. Pettit et al.ls approached the use of metal carbonyl catalysts for the homogeneous water-gas shift reaction from the standpoint of hydroformyla-tion by the Reppe modification.7 In the typical hydroformylation reaction, an alkene is converted to the next higher aldehyde or alcohol through reaction of CO and H2 with the use of a cobalt or rhodium carbonyl catalyst. However, in the Reppe modification, the reduction is carried out with CO and H20 in lieu of H2 (Scheme 6) ... 

The problem of phosphine ligand dissociation and degradation is a common in attempts to modify the rhodium carbonylation catalyst. This arises from the relatively harsh conditions employed (i.e. aqueous acetic acid, HI,... 

To make butyraldehyde, the precursor for NBA, the so-called Oxo process is used, reacting chemical grade propylene with hydrogen and. carbon monoxide at 250-300°F and 3500-4000 psi. See Figure 14-4.) Under those conditions, both feeds are liquids. The catalyst is an oil-soluble cobalt carbonyl complex dissolved in the propylene. If rhodium-based catalysts or complexes based on rhodium carbonyls and triphenyl phosphine... 

Rhodium carbonyl cluster catalysts [Rh4(CO)i2] and [Rh6(CO)i6] were effective to produce lactones in carbonylation of alkynes (Scheme 5.10) [32,33]. In these systems, however, water is rather a reagent than a solvent and its amount can be as low as 216 pL in 45 mL CHCI3 [33]. 

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