Exploring Between the Extremes: Conversion‐Dependent Kinetics of Phosphite‐Modified Hydroformylation Catalysis

The kinetics of the hydroformylation of 3,3‐dimethyl‐1‐butene with a rhodium monophosphite catalyst has been studied in detail. Time‐dependent concentration profiles covering the entire olefin conversion range were derived from in situ high‐pressure FTIR spectroscopic data for both, pure organic components and catalytic intermediates. These profiles fit to Michaelis–Menten‐type kinetics with competitive and uncompetitive side reactions involved. The characteristics found for the influence of the hydrogen concentration verify that the pre‐equilibrium towards the catalyst substrate complex is not established. It has been proven experimentally that the hydrogenolysis of the intermediate acyl complex remains rate limiting even at high conversions when the rhodium hydride is the predominant resting state and the reaction is nearly of first order with respect to the olefin. Results from in situ FTIR and high‐pressure (HP) NMR spectroscopy and from DFT calculations support the coordination of only one phosphite ligand in the dominating intermediates and a preferred axial position of the phosphite in the electronically saturated, trigonal bipyramidal (tbp)‐structured acyl rhodium complex.     

An Operando FTIR Spectroscopic and Kinetic Study of Carbon Monoxide Pressure Influence on Rhodium‐Catalyzed Olefin Hydroformylation

The influence of carbon monoxide concentration on the kinetics of the hydroformylation of 3,3‐dimethyl‐1‐butene with a phosphite‐modified rhodium catalyst has been studied for the pressure range p(CO)=0.20–3.83 MPa. Highly resolved time‐dependent concentration profiles of the organometallic intermediates were derived from IR spectroscopic data collected in situ for the entire olefin‐conversion range. The dynamics of the catalyst and organic components are described by enzyme‐type kinetics with competitive and uncompetitive inhibition reactions involving carbon monoxide taken into account. Saturation of the alkyl–rhodium intermediates with carbon monoxide as a cosubstrate occurs between 1.5 and 2 MPa of carbon monoxide pressure, which brings about a convergence of aldehyde regioselectivity. Hydrogenolysis of the acyl intermediate is fast at 30 °C and low pressure of p(CO)=0.2 MPa, but is of minus first order with respect to the solution concentration of carbon monoxide. Resting 18‐electron hydrido and acyl complexes that correspond to early and late rate‐determining states, respectively, coexist as long as the conversion of the substrate is not complete.     

Rhodium hydride formation in the presence of a bulky monophosphite ligand: a spectroscopic and solid-state investigation

A study has been carried out on rhodium catalyst preforming when modified with the bulky tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite, P(Obtbp)(3). X-Ray crystal structure determinations of a tropolone-type precursor complex [Rh(TropBr(3))(CO){P(Obtbp)(3)}].P(Obtbp)(3).CH(3)COCH(3)(TropBr(3)= 3,5,7-tribromotropolonate) and the free P(Obtbp)(3) ligand are reported. Systematic in situ IR and NMR studies of the particular rhodium phosphite modified catalyst and its precursors have led to the identification of two distinct rhodium hydride species. A {(1)H,(31)P} HMBC NMR experiment afforded clarity on the (31)P NMR spectra observed under hydroformylation conditions. The species were identified as [HRh(CO)(3){P(Obtbp)(3)}] and [HRh(CO)(2){P(Obtbp)(3)}(2)]. Attention was also given to the rate of catalyst formation when starting from different rhodium precursors.     

Polymer-bound bulky-phosphite modified rhodium hydroformylation catalysts

Attachment of phosphites to styrene copolymers is described which are used as rhodium hydroformylation catalysts. The influence of the chain loading on the activity and complex formation of three types of copolymer-bound rhodium hydroformylation catalysts in comparison with their low molecular weight analogues has been studied. The catalytic activity of the polystyrene-bound system with the most bulky phosphite, the first system studied, is identical to that of the low molecular weight analogue. The catalysts show a high activity towards the hydroformylation of the otherwise unreactive cyclooctene. It was found that only one phosphite is coordinated to the rhodium complex in its active form. An equilibrium between this complex and an inactive complex without phosphite ligands prohibits its use in continuous flow reactors. Secondly, as polymer support a perfectly random copolymer of styrene and less bulky 3,3′,5,5′-tetra-tert-butylbiphenyl-2,2′-diyl p-vinylphenylphosphite was used. The chain loading α of this copolymer with phosphite ligands has a large influence on the complex formation of the catalyst. With high chain loadings moderately active bis-phosphite catalysts are formed. Low chain loadings give active, easily accessible, monophosphite complexes. The active species in the hydroformylation of sterically hindered alkenes is a mono-phosphite rhodium complex. The activity of the copolymer-bound catalyst towards the hydroformylation of cyclooctene is found to be as high as the activity of its low molecular weight analogue. For styrene, this polymer catalyst yields a slower catalyst than the low-molecular weight analogue. The third part demonstrates that silica-grafted polymer-bound phosphite modified rhodium complexes can be used in continuous flow reactors. The hydroformylation of styrene was carried out at moderate pressure (pCO/H₂ = 3 MPa) and temperature (T = 100°C), yielding constant conversions over a period of at least ten days. These positive results were obtained in benzene as a solvent and for a ligand to rhodium ratio of only four.     

Hydroformylation of Oleyl Alcohol Catalyzed by Rh—OPGPP Complex

Polyether-tailored phosphitc modified rhodium complex formed in stitu was highly active in the hydroformylation of oleyl alcohol in nonaqueous phosphitc/heptane sysntem where the phosphite acted both as the ligand and the second phase. This catalyst was casily separated by simple decantation and can be used for five times with only a slight decrcase in activity.     

Coordination studies on supramolecular chiral ligands and application in asymmetric hydroformylation

In this study we introduce a series of monodentate pyridine-based ligands for which the phosphorus coordination mode to rhodium can be controlled by the binding of Zn(II)-templates to the pyridyl group. A series of monodentate phosphoroamidite and phosphite ligands have been prepared and studied under hydroformylation conditions by in situ high-pressure NMR and IR techniques. These studies reveal the exclusive formation of rhodium hydride complexes in which the phosphorus atom of the ligand resides in an axial position, trans to the hydride, but only after addition of Zn(II)-template. In the absence of these templates the usual mono-coordinated rhodium hydrido complexes are formed, with the phosphorus ligated in the equatorial plane, cis to the hydride. The catalytic performance of these complexes is evaluated in asymmetric hydroformylation of unfunctionalised internal alkenes in which the supramolecular change is reflected in higher activity and selectivity.     

Fine‐Tuning the Reactivity and Stability by Systematic Ligand Variations in CpCoI Complexes as Catalysts for [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions

CpCo^I‐olefin‐phosphite and CpCo^I‐bisphosphite complexes were systematically prepared and their reactivity in [2+2+2] cycloaddition reactions compared with highly active [CpCo(H₂C?CHSiMe₃)₂] ( 1 ). Whereas 1 is an excellent precursor for the synthesis of [CpCo(olefin)(phosphite)] complexes ( 2 a – f ), [CpCo(phosphite)₂] complexes ( 3 a – e ) were prepared photochemically from [CpCo(cod)]. The complexes were evaluated in the cyclotrimerization reaction of diynes with nitriles yielding pyridines. For [CpCo(olefin)(phosphite)], as well as some of the [CpCo(phosphite)₂] complexes, reaction temperatures as low as 50 °C were sufficient to perform the cycloaddition reaction. A direct comparison showed that the order of reactivity for the complex ligands was olefin₂>olefin/phosphite>phosphites₂. The complexes with mixed ligands favorably combine reactivity and stability. Calculations on the ligand dissociation from [CpCo(olefin)(phosphite)] proved that the phosphite is dissociating before the olefin. [CpCo(H₂C?CHSiMe₃){P(OPh)₃}] ( 2 a ) was investigated for the co‐cyclization of diynes and nitriles and found to be an efficient catalyst at rather mild temperatures.     

Stereoselective synthesis of 1-methylcarbapenem precursors: studies on the diastereoselective hydroformylation of 4-vinyl β-lactam with aminophosphonite–phosphinite and aminophosphine–phosphite rhodium(I) complexes

The asymmetric hydroformylation of variously N-substituted 4-vinyl β-lactams catalyzed by rhodium aminophosphonite–phosphinite and rhodium aminophosphine–phosphite complexes was studied. These products are valuable intermediates in the preparation of 1-methylcarbapenem antibiotics; the stereoselectivity to the desired β-isomer is related to the presence of a substituent at the N atom of the β-lactam ring. The regioselectivity (branched/linear) but not the stereoselectivity (β/) was found to be dependent on the substrate to catalyst ratio.     

A Rhodium Catalyst Superior to Iridium Congeners for Enantioselective Radical Amination Activated by Visible Light

A bis‐cyclometalated rhodium(III) complex catalyzes a visible‐light‐activated enantioselective α‐amination of 2‐acyl imidazoles with up to 99 % yield and 98 % ee. The rhodium catalyst is ascribed a dual function as a chiral Lewis acid and, simultaneously, as a light‐activated smart initiator of a radical‐chain process through intermediate aminyl radicals. Notably, related iridium‐based photoredox catalysts reported before were unsuccessful in this enantioselective radical C?N bond formation. The surprising preference for rhodium over iridium is attributed to much faster ligand‐exchange kinetics of the rhodium complexes involved in the catalytic cycle, which is crucial to keep pace with the highly reactive and thus short‐lived nitrogen‐centered radical intermediate.     

Kinetic and stereoselectivity effects of phosphite ligands in dirhodium catalysis

A phosphite additive that can act as an axial ligand for a dirhodium tetracarboxylate catalyst improves the enantioselectivity of silane insertion of a diazo substrate. A kinetic study enables measurement of the catalytic rate constant for the catalyst bound to an axial ligand. Although a single axial ligand has an inhibitory effect on reactivity at the distal rhodium center, axially-bound catalysts are the predominant active species in solution for phosphite concentrations above 6 mol % under our reaction conditions. We examine changes in product enantioselectivity as a function of ligand to shed light on the structure and kinetics of product formation steps.     

Rhodium phosphine-π-arene intermediates in the hydroamination of alkenes

A detailed mechanistic study of the intramolecular hydroamination of alkenes with amines catalyzed by rhodium complexes of a biaryldialkylphosphine is reported. The active catalyst is shown to contain the phosphine ligand bound in a κ(1), η(6) form in which the arene is π-bound to rhodium. Addition of deuterated amine to an internal olefin showed that the reaction occurs by trans addition of the N-H bond across the C═C bond, and this stereochemistry implies that the reaction occurs by nucleophilic attack of the amine on a coordinated alkene. Indeed, the cationic rhodium fragment binds the alkene over the secondary amine, and the olefin complex was shown to be the catalyst resting state. The reaction was zero-order in substrate, when the concentration of olefin was high, and a primary isotope effect was observed. The primary isotope effect, in combination with the observation of the alkene complex as the resting state, implies that nucleophilic attack of the amine on the alkene is reversible and is followed by turnover-limiting protonation. This mechanism constitutes an unusual pathway for rhodium-catalyzed additions to alkenes and is more closely related to the mechanism for palladium-catalyzed addition of amide N-H bonds to alkenes.     

负载水溶性铑－膦配合物催化1－己烯氢甲酰化反应的研究

将水溶性铑－膦配合物Ｒｈｃｉ（ＣＯ）（ＴＰＰＴＳ）＿２（ＴＰＰＴＳ：Ｐ－（ｍ－Ｃ＿６Ｈ＿４ＳＯ＿３Ｎａ）＿３）负载于扩孔硅胶上，制成负载水相催化剂（ＳＡＰＣ），在高压反应釜中研究其催化１－己烯氢甲酰化的性能。结果表明，催化剂的水含量对其活性影响很大，在一较窄的水含量范围内（２５—３５ｗｔ％），催化剂活性急剧增大，且存在一极大值，表现出水膜催化剂的特性。反应温度、总压和ＣＯ／Ｈ＿２分压、Ｒｈ／Ｐ比的影响，与使用烃溶性能。三苯膦络合催化剂时有类似规律，溶剂的影响不明显，实验证明，ＳＡＰＣ具有良好催化活性，ＳｉＯ＿２上负载的铑配合物不会被原料和产物洗提而造成流失，有利于催化剂的稳定和重复使用。     

Size-Selective Hydroformylation by a Rhodium Catalyst Confined in a Supramolecular Cage

Size-selective hydroformylation of terminal alkenes was attained upon embedding a rhodium bisphosphine complex in a supramolecular metal–organic cage that was formed by subcomponent self-assembly. The catalyst was bound in the cage by a ligand-template approach, in which pyridyl–zinc(II) porphyrin interactions led to high association constants (>10⁵ m ⁻¹) for the binding of the ligands and the corresponding rhodium complex. DFT calculations confirm that the second coordination sphere forces the encapsulated active species to adopt the ee coordination geometry (i.e., both phosphine ligands in equatorial positions), in line with in situ high-pressure IR studies of the host–guest complex. The window aperture of the cage decreases slightly upon binding the catalyst. As a result, the diffusion of larger substrates into the cage is slower compared to that of smaller substrates. Consequently, the encapsulated rhodium catalyst displays substrate selectivity, converting smaller substrates faster to the corresponding aldehydes. This selectivity bears a resemblance to an effect observed in nature, where enzymes are able to discriminate between substrates based on shape and size by embedding the active site deep inside the hydrophobic pocket of a bulky protein structure.     

Rh-TPPTS/CTAB-MMT催化剂的制备及其催化长链烯烃氢甲酰化反应性能研究

通过浸渍法将水溶性铑膦配合物(Rh-TPPTS)负载到由十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)修饰的蒙脱土(MMT)上,制备出Rh-TPPTS/CTAB-MMT负载型催化剂.采用XRD,FTIR,TG,BET,31P CP-MAS NMR和分散性实验对催化剂进行了表征.结果表明:水溶性铑膦配合物成功地负载到有机MMT上,并且该催化剂在有机溶剂中具有很好的分散性.该催化剂对于1-癸烯的氢甲酰化反应具有好的催化活性.在100℃、4 MPa、甲苯为溶剂的条件下,催化1-癸烯氢甲酰化可获得93.0%的转化率,95.8%的醛的选择性,2.1的正异比,137 h-1的TOF值.并对不同链长烯烃底物进行了考察.随着烯烃碳链的增加,醛的选择性下降,但是正异比有所增加.     

Determining the pure component spectra of trace organometallic intermediates by combined application of in situ Raman spectroscopy and band-target entropy minimization analysis

Trace organometallic intermediates arising from complex organic syntheses are usually quite difficult to detect spectroscopically. In situ FTIR and in situ NMR are the only techniques that are used with any regularity for such studies. In this contribution, high-pressure in situ Raman spectroscopic measurements were performed for the rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene using Rh₄(CO)₁₂ as catalyst precursor at 298 K – a reaction extensively studied previously by more sensitive in situ FTIR. The Raman spectroscopic measurements were analyzed using the band-target entropy minimization (BTEM) algorithm. As expected, the pure component spectra of dissolved CO, 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene, and 4,4-dimethylpentanal were easily recovered. In addition, the pure component spectra of the precursor Rh₄(CO)₁₂ and the intermediate RCORh(CO)₄ (R = (CH₃)₃CCH₂CH₂) were successfully reconstructed – even though the mean concentrations of both species were on the order of 150 ppm. The BTEM estimate of the Raman spectrum of RCORh(CO)₄ is reported for the first time. This Raman spectrum is consistent with the DFT predicted spectrum. This study represents the first combined application of Raman spectroscopy and BTEM analysis to a homogeneously catalyzed metal-mediated reaction. The potential and limitations of this general approach are discussed.     

Rhodium-catalyzed olefin isomerization/enantioselective intramolecular Alder-ene reaction cascade

The olefin isomerization/enantioselective intramolecular Alder-ene reaction cascade was achieved by using a cationic rhodium(I)/(R)-BINAP complex as a catalyst. A variety of substituted dihydrobenzofurans and dihydronaphthofurans were obtained from phenol- or naphthol-linked 1,7-enynes, respectively, with good yields and ee values.     

Encapsulation of transition metal catalysts by ligand-template directed assembly

Encapsulated transition metal catalysts are presented that are formed by templated self-assembly processes of simple building blocks such as porphyrins and pyridylphosphine and phosphite ligands, using selective metal-ligand interactions. These ligand assemblies coordinate to transition metals, leading to a new class of transition metal catalysts. The assembled catalyst systems were characterized using NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy and were identified under catalytic conditions using high-pressure infrared spectroscopy. Tris-3-pyridylphosphine binds three mesophenyl zinc(II) porphyrin units and consequently forms an assembly with the phosphorus donor atom completely encapsulated. The encapsulated phosphines lead exclusively to monoligated transition metal complexes, and in the rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of 1-octene the encapsulation of the catalysts resulted in a 10-fold increase in activity. In addition, the branched aldehyde was formed preferentially (l/b = 0.6), a selectivity that is highly unusual for this substrate, which is attributed to the encapsulation of the transition metal catalysts. An encapsulated rhodium catalyst based on ruthenium(II) porphyrins and tris-meta-pyridyl phosphine resulted in an even larger selectivity for the branched product (l/b = 0.4). These encapsulated catalysts can be prepared easily, and various template ligands and porphyrins, such as tris-3-pyridyl phosphite and ruthenium(II) porphyrins, have been explored, leading to catalysts with different properties.     

Catalytic olefin hydrogenation with the application of a new water soluble rhodium catalyst

The catalyst precursor preparedin situ from rhodium dimer [Rh(cod)Cl]₂ and a new water-soluble phosphine Ph₂PCH₂CH₂CONHC(CH₃)₂CH₂SO₃H (in Li⁺ salt form) has been found to act as an effective olefin hydrogenation catalyst. Catalytic hydrogenation reactions have been tested in either two phase: aqueous catalyst/insoluble olefin or methanolic catalyst/olefin systems. The observed reaction rates were higher for terminal than for internal olefins. 1-Hexene in methanolic solution has been hydrogenated with a turnover frequency of about 8000 h^–1. This system has also been applied in the form of a supported aqueous phase catalyst.     

Novel asymmetric michael addition of alpha-cyanopropionates to acrolein by the use of a bis(oxazolinyl)phenylstannane-derived rhodium(III) complex as a chiral Lewis acid catalyst

The rhodium complex prepared in situ by simply mixing [[RhCl(c-octene)2]2] and [(Phebox)SnMe3] (1) (Phebox = 2,6-bis(oxazolinyl)phenyl) was found to serve as an efficient catalyst for the asymmetric Michael addition of alpha-cyanopropionates (4) to acrolein under mild and neutral conditions. In the present catalytic system, both the temperature of catalyst preparation and the order of the addition of the substrates were very important for the catalytic efficiency and enantioselectivity. Detailed mechanistic studies of this catalytic system revealed that the [(Phebox)RhIII(SnMe3)Cl] complex (9), generated by oxidative addition of [[RhCl(c-octene)2]2] to 1, is an active catalyst and the turnover number (TON) of the present actual catalyst existing in a reaction mixture is greater than 10,000. The obtained (R) stereochemistry of the Michael adducts 5 can be explained by N-bonded enol intermediates C', which are formed by enolization of 4 bound to the Lewis acidic rhodium complex 9. We also found that the active catalyst 9 gradually decomposed in the presence of the remaining [[RhCl(c-octene)2]2] in the reaction mixture to form the catalytically nonactive [(Phebox)RhCl2] fragment A, whose structure was characterized by an X-ray crystallographic study after converting to the tBuNC complex 10.     

Chemoselective hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines catalyzed by water‐soluble transition metal catalysts

The water‐soluble rhodium complex generated in situ from [Rh (COD)Cl]₂ in aqueous ammonia has been revealed as a highly efficient catalyst for the hydrogenation of aromatic nitriles, to primary amines with excellent yields. The catalyst is also highly selective towards primary amines in the case of sterically hindered aliphatic nitriles. The catalytic system can also be recycled and re‐used with no significant loss of activity.