cis- and trans-Dimethyl-di-µ-methylene-bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)dirhodium as models for Fischer–Tropsch reactions on metal surfaces
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 15,p. 809-810
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39810000809
Abstract
Reaction of [(RhC5Me5)2Cl4] with methyl-lithium gives cis-[(RhC5Me5)2(µ-CH2)2Me2](2) which slowly isomerises to trans-[(RhC5Me5)2(µ-CH2)2Me2](3); pyrolysis of (2) gives propene, methane, and some ethylene.Keywords
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