Dicarbonyldi-μ-chloro-cis,cis-η⁴-1,5-cyclooctadienedirhodium(I)

Abstract

The title compound, dicarbonyl-1kappa(2)C-di-mu-chloro-1:2kappa(4)Cl-[cis,cis-2(eta(4))-1,5-cyclooctadiene]dirhodium(I), [Rh(2)Cl(2)(C(8)H(12))(CO)(2)], consists of a dichloro-bridged dimer of rhodium, with a non-bonded Rh.Rh distance of 3.284 (2) A. One Rh atom is coordinated to two carbonyl ligands, while the other Rh atom is coordinated to the cyclooctadiene moiety.

The reactions of Rh2(CO)4Cl2 with 1,5-cyclooctadiene and tetramethylallene. A combined in-situ vibrational spectroscopies, spectral reconstruction and DFT study

“…2023 cm À1 was reconstructed during the reaction of TMA with Rh 2 (CO) 4 Cl 2 . The two BTEM estimates are not consistent with the impurities Fe(CO) 5 , Ni(CO) 4 , and Mo(CO) 6 which have sometimes been detected in our other in-situ spectroscopic studies [21]. Due to the low concentrations of these two minor species, their FIR and low wavenumber MIR spectra could not be obtained and therefore their identification is not presently possible.…”

“…Its crystal structure has been reported by Smith et al in 2001 [5]. The structure consists of two dichloro-bridged rhodium atoms.…”