The labile Rh(I) species Tp
iPrRh(coe)(MeCN) (
1) was prepared by the reaction of [RhCl(coe)
2]
2 with KTp
iPr followed by crystallization from MeCN. Subsequent treatment of
1 withdiphosphines and CO gave square-planar Tp
iPrRh
IL
2-type products via replacement of thecoe and MeCN ligands. The Rh(III) complexes Tp
iPrRh(X)(Y)(MeCN) were obtained viaoxidative addition of XY and dissociation of the coe ligand. Complex
1 serves as a versatilestarting compound for a variety of Rh(I) and Rh(III) complexes containing the Tp
iPr ligand.In addition, it was found that
2-
3 interconversion of the diphosphine complexes Tp
iPrRh[Ph
2P(CH
2)
nPPh
2] becomes slower as the chelate ring size increases (
n increases).