The π-allyl complexes [Rh(η 3 -C 3 H 5 )(PR 3 ) 2 ] [PR 3 = PiPr 2 Ph (4), PiPrPh 2 (5)], prepared from [RhCl(C 8 H 14 ) 2 ] 2 , PR 3 and the Grignard reagent C 3 H 5 MgBr, react with carboxylic acids and p-toluenesulfonic acid to give the chelate compounds [Rh(κ 2 -O 2 CRЈ)(PR 3 ) 2 ] (8−10) and [Rh{κ 2 -O 2 S(O)-p-Tol}(PR 3 ) 2 ] (11, 12), respectively. While the reactions of 8, 10 and 12 with CO afford the square-planar rhodium(I) complexes 13−15 with monodentate carboxylato and tosylato ligands, treatment of 8−10 and 11, 12 with H 2 leads to the formation of the octahedral dihydridorhodium(III) derivatives [RhH 2 (κ 2 -O 2 CRЈ)-(PR 3 ) 2 ] (16−18) and [RhH 2 {κ 2 -O 2 S(O)-p-Tol}(PR 3 ) 2 ] (19, 20). Similarly to CO, internal alkynes RCϵCCO 2 Me (R = CO 2 Me, Me) react with 8 and 9 by partial opening of the chelate bond to yield the π-alkyne complexes 21−23, of which 23 with R = Me is quite labile and smoothly regenerates the starting material. In contrast, the reactions of 8 and 9 with terminal alkynes HCϵCR (R = Ph, CO 2 Me) afford six-coordinate alkynyl(vinyl)rhodium(III) compounds 24−26 with a different stereochemistry at the C=C double bond depending on the
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