Hydridometallic carborane catalytic compounds
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsMarion F. Hawthorne, Timm E. Paxson
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Abstract
A family of stable hydrido-rhodium and iridium carboranes are described which are effective catalysts for the homogeneous hydrogenation, isomerization and hydroformylation of olefins and the hydrosilylation of ketones.
Claims7
A hydridometallic compound for use as a catalyst, said compound being selected from a group consisting of isomers of R(PPh.sub.3).sub.2 HMC.sub.2 B.sub.9 H.sub.10 wherein M is a metal selected from a group consisting of rhodium and iridium and wherein R is selected from a group consisting of CH.sub.3 --, Ph, CH.sub.3 and CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 --.
An hydridometallic carborane compound for use as a catalyst, said compound being selected from a group consisting of isomers of (PPh.sub.3).sub.2 HMC.sub.2 B.sub.9 H.sub.11 wherein M is a metal selected from a group consisting of rhodium and iridium.
An homogeneous catalytic solution for the hydrogenation, isomerization and hydroformylation of olefins and the hydrosilylation of ketones comprising:
- an hydridometallic carborane compound selected from a group consisting of isomers of (PPh.sub.3).sub.2 HMC.sub.2 B.sub.9 H.sub.11 wherein M is a metal selected from a group consisting of rhodium and iridium, and
- a solvent for said compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.