Abstract
Treatment of the arene bridged dimer [(PPh3)(2)Rh](2)[closo-CB11H6Br6](2) with eight equivalents of cyclohexene affords [(eta(4)- C6H8)Rh(PPh3)(2)][closo-CB11H6Br6] with the concomitant formation of one equivalent of cyclohexane, while 1-methylcyclohexane and 4-methylcyclohexane both give 2-methylcyclohexa-1,3-diene complexes; all of these products are intermediates in the catalytic dehydrogenation pathway of cyclohexane to benzene. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
| Volume | 667 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2003 |