I
n situ high-pressure IR spectroscopy studies of the rhodium catalyst systems [Rh
2{
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/mgr.gif">-S(CH
2)
3N(Me
2)}
2(COD)
2]/PR
3 (R = Ph, OPh), [Rh
2{
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/mgr.gif">-S(CH
2)
2S}(COD)
2]/PPh
3, [Rh
2{
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/mgr.gif">-S(CH
2)
4S}(COD)
2]
2/PPh
3, [Rh
2{
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/mgr.gif">-XANTOSS}(COD)
2]
2/PPh
3, a
nd [Rh(acac)(CO)
2]/PR
3 (R = Ph, OPh)revealed the prese
nce of mo
no
nuclear rhodium hydride species u
nder hydroformylatio
nco
nditio
ns (80
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/deg.gif">C, 5-30 bar). The activities a
nd selectivities, obtai
ned duri
ng the hydroformylatio
n of 1-hexe
ne usi
ng these systems as catalyst precursors, ca
n be fully accou
ntedfor by the mo
no
nuclear species observed. Deuterioformylatio
n experime
nts usi
ng di
nuclear[Rh
2{
![](/images/e<font color=)
ntities/mgr.gif">-S(CH
2)
3N(Me
2)}
2(COD)
2]/PR
3 systems le
nt
no support to a di
nuclear mecha
nism.