摘要:
A new heterobinucleating ligand, 2,6-bis[(3-(diphenylphosphino)propoxy)methyl]pyridine (2), is used to generate a Zn-Rh mixed- metal complex, {2[ZnCl(mu-Cl)Rh(CO)]}(CF3SO3), containing a Zn(II) Lewis acid ion in close proximity to a Rh(I) catalytic site. The metal ions are linked by a chloride bridge, resulting in an increased nu(CO) value compared to that of mononuclear Rh(I) complexes in a similar coordination environment. The complex is an active hydroformylation catalyst, displaying no induction period for initiation of the reaction as is characteristic of mononuclear Rh species.