A convenient route to 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzenes via rhodium catalyzed polymerization of arylacetylenes

Substituted tertiary phosphine Ru(II) organometallics: catalytic utility on the hydrolysis of etofibrate in pharmaceuticals

Some new organometallics of ruthenium(II) of the type [RuCl2(COD)(CO)L] (1a-f) and [RuCl2(COD)L2] (2a-f) (where L is substituted tertiary phosphines), have been synthesized by using precursors [RuCl2(COD)(CO)(CH3CN)] (1) and [RuCl2(COD)(CH3CN)2] (2) with the substituted tertiary phosphine ligands in 1:1 and 1:2 molar ratio. The organometallics (2a-f) have been further reacted with carbonmonoxide to produce compounds of the type [RuCl2(CO)L2] (3a-f). These compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR (1H, 13C and 31P), mass and electronic spectral data. The catalytic activity of all these organometallics were studied and found that they are efficient catalysts for hydrolysis of etofibrate. The hydrolyzed product was separated by column chromatography and the percent yields are found in the range of 98.6-99.1%.

Controlled and Living Polymerizations Induced with Rhodium Catalysts. A Review

In the last fifteen years, a large variety of specialty polymers of diverse chemical structure and functionality have been synthesized with the rhodium-based catalysts. The high tolerance to the reaction medium and functional groups of monomers, as well as ability to control various structure features of the polymer formed are typical properties of these catalysts. In addition, some rhodium catalysts can be anchored to inorganic or organic supports or dissolved in ionic liquids to form heterophase polymerization systems, which opens the way to pure, well-defined polymers free of the catalyst residues, as well as to recycling rhodium catalysts. This review provides a survey on the polymerization reactions induced with rhodium-based catalysts, in which one or more structure attributes of the polymer formed are subject to control. The structure attributes considered are (i) sequential arrangement of monomeric units along polymer chains; (ii) head-tail isomerism of polymer molecules; (iii) configurational structure of polymer molecules; (iv) conformation of polymer molecules; and (v) molecular weight and molecular-weight distribution of the polymer formed. A review with 188 references.