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Mechanistic studies on tertiary phosphites of rhodium (I).

The aim of this study was to synthesise mono-phosphite complexes of type [Rh(OX)(CO){P(OY)3}], (where Y = the different phosphites that were used and OX = 8-hydroxyquinoline) and to do a kinetic study of iodine oxidative addition to these rhodium(I) square planar complexes in order to determine the rate constants and the reaction mechanism. Part of the characterization was X-ray crystallographic structure determinations which were done on two complexes, namely the [Rh(OX)(CO){P(O(2,4-t-BuPh))3}] and the [Rh(OX)(CO){ P(O(2,6-diMePh))3}]. From the characterization methods it can be said with certainty that the synthesis of the mono-phosphite rhodium(I) complexes was successfully achieved. Table 1 - Selected crystal data as obtained for the two Rh(I) crystal structures solved in this study. [Rh(OX)(CO){P(O(2,4-t- / Prof. A. Roodt

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:7162
Date14 May 2008
CreatorsJanse van Rensburg, Jacobus Marthinus
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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