摘要:
Water soluble sodium salts of (COD)RhCl(PAr3), where PAr3 is Ph(2)P(C6H4-2-COOH), Ph(2)P(C6H4-3-COOH), Ph(2)P(C6H4-4-COOH), PhP(C6H4-3-COOH)(2), or P(C6H4-3-COOH)(3), catalyze under phase transfer conditions the isomerization of 1-octen-3-ol to 3-octanone. The reaction rate depends on the position and number of the carboxyl groups in the phosphine ligand. (COD)RhCl[Ph(2)P(C6H4-2-C6H4COOH], which exists as an equilibrium mixture with (COD)(H)RhCl(-OCOC6H4-2-PPh(2)) is more reactive than the hydride-free catalysts. A hydride addition-elimination mechanism is suggested as the major pathway for the catalytic process.