Synthesis of new polymeric rhodium carborane complexes serving as homogeneous catalysts for the hydrosilylation of 1-hexene

The coordination of Rh(PPh₃)₃Cl on a dicarbaundecaborate polyamide gives a new polymeric rhodium hydride complex with catalytic activity in the hydrosilylation of 1-hexene by triethylsilane. The rhodium derivative of 7,9-dicarbanido-undecaborate(11)-7,9-dicarboxyanilide was synthesized as a model of the monomeric unit. Co^III and Ni^IV bis(dicarbollyl) complexes also display catalytic activity in hydrosilylation reactions.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 960–962, April, 1991.