Carbonylbis{6,6′-[(3,3′-di-tert-butyl-5,5′-dimethoxy-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diyl)bis(oxy)]bis(dibenzo[d,f][1,3,2]-dioxaphosphepine)}hydridorhodium(I) toluene-d8 2.25-solvate

Abstract

The crystal-structure determination of the title compound, [RhH(C46H44O8P2)2(CO)]·2.25C7D8, is reported. The bisphosphite ligand, C46H44O8P2, is well known as Biphephos. One specific characteristic of this hydrido rhodium(I) monocarbonyl complex is that one bisphosphite ligand is coordinated in the expected bidentate mode and the other is coordinated in a monodentate mode. Thus, one phosphite moiety remains non-coordinating. All three coordinating phosphorus atoms occupy the equatorial positions in the trigonal–bipyramidal environment around the rhodium atom. The crystals of the hydrido rhodium(I) monocarbonyl complex contains deuterated solvent molecules (toluene-d8). Most of them are included in the model, but the contributions of about 0.84 toluene per unit cell were removed from the diffraction data, using the SQUEEZE procedure in PLATON [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18].

Keywords

• crystal structure
• bisphosphite
• biphephos
• rhodium
• hydride complex