Formation of organorhodium complexes via C–H bond activation of 1,3-di(phenylazo)benzene

Majumder, P., Baksi, S., Halder, S., Tadesse, H., Blake, A. J., Drew, M. G. B. and Bhattacharya, S. (2011) Formation of organorhodium complexes via C–H bond activation of 1,3-di(phenylazo)benzene. Dalton Transactions, 40 (20). pp. 5423-5425. ISSN 1477-9226 doi: 10.1039/c1dt10247h

Abstract/Summary

Reaction of a potential NCN-pincer ligand, viz. 1,3-di(phenylazo)benzene (L), with [Rh(PPh3)(3)Cl] affords, via a C-H bond activation, an interesting dinuclear Rh(II) complex (1), and with RhCl3 center dot 3H(2)O affords a mononuclear Rh(III) complex (2) containing a catalytically useful Rh-OH2 fragment.