Rhodium complexes chiral recognition

A rhodium complex with chiral phosphane ligand was also intercalated into sodium hectorite by cation exchange (Sento et al. ). The intercalated compound was characterized by FTIR, XRD, and TEM and the basal spacing of the compound was estimated to be 2.29 nm. This novel het-erogenized eatalyst exhibited a characteristic chiral as well as size recognition of the substrate molecule (like the "Tailor-made compounds" method used earlier by Balandin in the hydrogenation of tripticene derivatives over Ni) and was used in enantioselective hydrogenation of the itaconates (methylene-succinic acid esters). 

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