Synthesis and X-ray structures of water-soluble tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine complexes of rhodium(i)†‡
Abstract
The water-soluble RhI–THP complexes: RhCl(1,5-cod)(THP) (1), [Rh(1,5-cod)(THP)2]Cl (2), RhCl(THP)4 (3), and trans-RhCl(CO)(THP)2 (4) have been synthesized and characterized, where THP = P(CH2OH)3; 1–3 are the first potentially useful entries into RhI–THP chemistry, while 1 and 4 are the first structurally characterized RhI–THP complexes.