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Mo(CO)3(NCMe)(PPh3)2: Synthesis, X-ray structure and evaluation of its catalytic activity for the homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and their mixtures
Baricelli, Pablo J.,Melean, Luis G.,Ricardes, Santiago,Guanipa, Victor,Rodriguez, Mariandry,Romero, Carlos,Pardey, Alvaro J.,Moya, Sergio,Rosales, Merlin
, p. 3381 - 3385 (2009)
The complex Mo(CO)3(NCMe)(PPh3)2, was synthesized by the reaction of Mo(NCMe)3(CO)3 with two equivalents of PPh3 and characterized by UV-Vis, IR, NMR and X-ray diffraction. This complex was used as a catalyst precursor for the hydrogenation of 1-hexene, styrene, cyclohexene and 2,3-dimethyl-1-butene and their mixtures under moderate conditions in homogeneous media. Under mild reaction conditions (T = 373 K, P = 60 atm), the substrates showed the following reactivity order: styrene > 1-hexene > cyclohexene > 2,3-dimethyl-1-butene. A quaternary equimolar mixture showed a different hydrogenation order: 1-hexene > cyclohexene > styrene > 2,3-dimethyl-1-butene; the presence of dibenzothiophene or mercury does not interfere with the activity of the catalyst.