Ethene hydroformylation with CO/H2O: nucleophilic attack by water on to a terminal CO of a Ru(II) acylcarbonyl complex.
The reaction with water of acyldicarbonyl-Ru(II) complexes relevant to ruthenium catalysed ethene hydrocarbonylation with CO/H2O is shown to consist of a nucleophilic attack and to proceed via coordination of propionate and CO to the Ru(II) species.
Fachinetti
Giuseppe
G
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale dell'Universita di Pisa, Via Risorgimento, 35, I-56126, Pisa, Italy.
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Tiziana
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Marchetti
Fabio
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