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Chem. Commun., 2009, 6801 - 6803, DOI: 10.1039/b912943j

Synthesis and structure of 16-electron rhodium(III) catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of a cyclic imine: mechanistic implications

A. John Blacker, Eric Clot, Simon B. Duckett, Odile Eisenstein, Jake Grace, Ainara Nova, Robin N. Perutz, David J. Taylor and Adrian C. Whitwood

Significant Rh–NH -bonding in formally 16-electron (5-C5Me5)Rh(XNC6H4NX) (X, X = H or Ts) is shown by structural features and by DFT calculations; (5-C5Me5)Rh(TsNC6H4NH) is the fastest transfer hydrogenation catalyst of the three complexes and generates a formate complex under catalytic conditions.

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