Rhodium Carbonyl Catalyzed Carbonylation of Unsaturated Compounds. IV. Carbonylation and Oligomerization of Diphenylacetylene Catalyzed by Co4(CO)12, Rh4(CO)12, and Ir4(CO)12 under Pressure of Carbon Monoxide

• Published in: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 247 - 248
• Main Authors: Hong, Pangbu, Mise, Takaya, Yamazaki, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Chemical Society of Japan 01.01.1990; Chemical Society of Japan

In the presence of Co4(CO)12, Rh4(CO)12, and Ir4(CO)12 catalysts the reaction of diphenylacetylene (1) in 2-propanol under pressure of carbon monoxide gave the hydrocarbonylation products 2 and/or 3 and the oligomers 4 and/or 5, in which the ratios depended on the catalyst employed.