Evidence for enhancement of catalysis by a second metal in heterobinuclear complexes: X-ray structure of [H(CO)(PPh₃)₂Ru(bim)Rh(cod)](bim = 2,2′-bi-imidazolato, cod = cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)

1 January 1988

journal article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 12,p. 793-795
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39880000793

Abstract

The binuclear complexes [H(CO)(PPh₃)₂Ru(bim)M(cod)](M = Rh or Ir, cod = cyclo-octa-1,5-diene) are more active as catalysts for the reduction of cyclohexanone, styrene, benzylideneacetophenone, and cyclohexene than the mononuclear parent (ruthenium, rhodium, or iridium) compounds.

Keywords

STRUCTURE
HETEROBINUCLEAR
CYCLO OCTA
RUTHENIUM
RHODIUM
CYCLOHEXANONE
IMIDAZOLATO
IRIDIUM
CYCLOHEXENE

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Evidence for enhancement of catalysis by a second metal in heterobinuclear complexes: X-ray structure of [H(CO)(PPh₃)₂Ru(bim)Rh(cod)](bim = 2,2′-bi-imidazolato, cod = cyclo-octa-1,5-diene)