The new complex Bp
Me2Rh(CO)(pyridine) (
1)has been prepared and reacts with CH
3I to yield thenovel Rh carbene hydride complex
HB(Me2pz)2Rh(H)(I)(C5H5N)(C(O)Me) (
3), resulting from formal additionof CH
3I across the Rh-C bond concomitant with hydridetransfer from B to Rh. Thermolysis of
3 induces migration of the Rh hydride to the
-carbon to give
HB(Me2pz)2Rh(I)(C5H5N)(CH(O)Me) (
6), and a crossover studysupports intramolecular mechanisms for both hydridetransfer steps.