[1L-3,4-Bis-O-(diphenylphosphino)-1,2,5,6-tetra-O-methyl-chiro-inositol-kappa(2)P,P'][eta(4)-(Z,Z)-cycloocta-1,5-diene]rhodium(I) tetrafluoridoborate chloroform solvate.
The title compound, [Rh(C(8)H(12))(C(34)H(38)O(6)P(2))]BF(4) x CHCl(3), a novel asymmetric hydrogenation catalyst, crystallizes with two independent almost identical cations and anions. Cell-packing interactions are provided by nonclassical hydrogen bonding between phenyl and chloroform H atoms and fluoro and chloro donors of the BF(4)(-) anion and the chloroform solvent molecule.
Gainsford
Graeme J
GJ
Industrial Research Limited, PO Box 31-310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. g.gainsford@irl.cri.nz
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Falshaw
Andrew F
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