Concurrent Synergism and Inhibition in Bimetallic Catalysis: Catalytic Binuclear Elimination, Solute−Solute Interactions and a Hetero-Bimetallic Hydrogen-Bonded Complex in Rh−Mo Hydroformylations

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Abstract

Hydroformylations of cyclopentene and 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene were performed using both Rh(4)(CO)(12) and (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Mo(CO)(3)H as precursors in n-hexane at 298 K. Both stoichiometric and catalytic hydroformylations were conducted as well as isotopic labeling experiments. Six organometallic pure component spectra were recovered from the high-pressure FTIR experiments, namely the known species Rh(4)(CO)(12), (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Mo(CO)(3)H, RCORh(CO)(4), and the new heterobimetallic complexes RhMo(CO)(7)(eta(5)-C(5)H(5)), a weak hydrogen bonded species (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Mo(CO)(3)H-C(5)H(9)CORh(CO)(4), and a substituted RhMo(CO)(7-y)(eta(5)-C(5)H(5))L(y), where y = 1 or 2 and L = (pi-C(5)H(8)). The main findings were (1) catalytic binuclear elimination (CBER) occurs between (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Mo(CO)(3)H and RCORh(CO)(4) resulting in aldehyde and RhMo(CO)(7)(eta(5)-C(5)H(5)), and this mechanism is responsible for ca. 10% of the product formation; (2) molecular hydrogen is readily activated by the new heterobimetallic complex(es); (3) FTIR and DFT spectroscopic evidence suggests that the weak hydrogen bonded species (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Mo(CO)(3)H-C(5)H(9)CORh(CO)(4) has an interaction of the type eta(5)-C(5)H(4)-H...O=C; and (4) independent physicochemical experiments for volumes of interaction confirm that significant solute-solute interactions are present. With respect to the efficiency of the catalytic cycle, the formation of a weak (eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Mo(CO)(3)H-C(5)H(9)CORh(CO)(4) complex results in a significant decrease in the measured turnover frequency (TOF) and is the primary reason for the inhibition observed in the bimetallic catalytic hydroformylation. Such hydrogen bonding through the eta(5)-C(5)H(5) ring might have relevance to inhibition observed in other catalytic metallocene systems. The present catalytic system is an example of concurrent synergism and inhibition in bimetallic homogeneous catalysis.

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