Experimental and density functional theory results of the oxidative addition and CO insertion steps of methyl iodide with [Rh(CH3COCHCOCF3)(CO)(P(OCH2)3CCH3)] are presented. Large negative experimental values for the activation entropy and results from a density functional theory study indicated trans addition of the CH3I to [Rh(CH3COCHCOCF3)(CO)(P(OCH2)3CCH3)]. Although the electron withdrawing CF3 group slows down the oxidative addition step, the strong electron donation of P(OCH2)3CCH3 still accelerates the oxidation addition step by ca 20 times (at 35 °C) compared to that of the Monsanto catalyst.
1. Collman, JP, Hegedus, LS, Norton, JR, Finke, RG 1987 Principles and applications of organotransition metal chemistry University Science Books Mill Valley.
2. Mieczynska, E, Trzeciak, AM, Ziólkowski, JJ 1993 J Mol Catal 80:189–200 .
3. Trzeciak, AM, Mieczynska, E, Ziólkowski, JJ 2000 Top Catal 11/12:461–468 .
4. Subramaniam, JH, Ghosh, B, Tunge, A 2006 J AIChE J 52:2575–2581 .
5. Vasem, CS, Modem, S, Kankala, S, Kanne, S, Budige, G, Vadde, R 2010 Central Eur J Chem 8:77–86 .
6. Haumann M , Meijboom R, Moss JR, Roodt A (2004) Dalton Trans 1679–1686.
7. Crous R , Datt M, Foster D, Bennie L, Steenkamp C, Huyser J, Kirsten L, Steyl G, Roodt A (2005) Dalton Trans 1108–1116.
8. Maitlis PM , Haynes A, Sunley GJ, Howard MJ (1996) J Chem Soc Dalton Trans 11: 2187–2196.
9. Cavallo, L, Sola, M 2001 J Am Chem Soc 123:12294–12302 .
10. Haynes, A, Maitlis, PM, Morris, GE, Sunley, GJ, Adams, H, Badger, PW, Bowers, CM, Cook, DB, Elliott, PIP, Ghaffer, T, Green, H, Griffin, TR, Payne, M, Pearson, JM, Taylor, MJ, Vickers, PW, Watt, RJ 2004 J Am Chem Soc 126:2847–2861 .
11. Jones, J 2000 Platin Met Rev 44:94–105.
12. Conradie, J, Cameron, TS, Aquino, MAS, Lamprecht, GJ, Swarts, JC 2005 Inorg Chim Acta 358:2530–2542 .
13. Lamprecht, GJ, Swarts, JC, Conradie, J, Leipoldt, JG 1993 Acta Cryst C49:82–84.
14. Stuurman, NF, Meijboom, R, Conradie, J 2011 Polyhedron 30:660–665 .
15. Hopmann, KH, Stuurman, NF, Muller, A, Conradie, J 2010 Organometallics 29:2446–2458 .
16. Conradie, J, Swarts, JC 2009 Organometallics 28 4 1018–1026 .
17. Roodt, A, Steyn, GJJ 2000 Recent Res Dev Inorg Chem 2:1–23.
18. Brink, A, Roodt, A, Steyl, G, Visser, HG 2010 Dalton Trans 39:5572–5578 .
19. Erasmus, JJC, Conradie, J 2011 Inorg Chim Acta 375:128–134 .
20. Furniss BS , Hannaford AJ, Smith PWG, Tatchell AR (1994) In: Vogel's textbook of practical organic chemistry, 5th ed, John Wiley, New York, pp 409.
21. Varshavsky, YS, Cherkasova, TG 1967 Zh Neorg Khim 12:1709.
22. Heitsch, CW, Verkade, JG 1962 Inorg Chem 1:392–398 .
23. Helm, L 1990 MINSQ, non-linear parameter estimation and model development, least squares parameter optimization, V 3.12 MicroMath Scientific Software Salt Lake City.
24. Espenson JH (1995) In: Chemical kinetics and reaction mechanisms, 2nd ed, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp 15, 49, 70–75, 156.
25. Lente, G, Fabian, I, Poe, AJ 2005 New J Chem 29:759–760 .
26. Petersen, RC, Markgraf, JH, Ross, SD 1961 J Am Chem Soc 83:3819–3823 .
27. te Velde, G, Bickelhaupt, FM, Baerends, EJ, Fonseca Guerra, C SJA van Gisbergen Snijders, JG, Ziegler, T 2001 J Comput Chem 22:931–967 .
28. Fonseca Guerra, C, Snijders, JG, te Velde, G, Baerends, EJ 1998 Theor Chem Acc 99:391–403 .
29. ADF2009.01, SCM, Theoretical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
30. Perdew, JP, Chevary, JA, Vosko, SH, Jackson, KA, Pederson, MR, Singh, DJ, Fiolhais, C 1992 Phys Rev B 46:6671–6687 Erratum: J Perdew JP, Chevary JA, Vosko SH, Jackson KA, Pederson MR, Singh DJ, Fiolhais C (1993) Phys Rev B 48: 4978.
31. Fan, L, Ziegler, T 1992 J Chem Phys 96:9005–9012 .
32. Fan L , Ziegler T (1992) J Am Chem Soc 114: 10890–10897.
33. Klamt, A, Schüürmann, G 1993 J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 2:799–805.
34. Klamt, A 1995 J Phys Chem 99:2224–2235 .
35. Klamt, A, Jones, V 1996 J Chem Phys 105:9972–9981 .
36. Pye, CC, Ziegler, T 1999 Theor Chem Acc 101:396–408 .
37. Pascual-Ahuir, JL, Silla, E, Tuñon, I 1994 J Comput Chem 15:1127–1138 .
38. Haynes, A, Mann, BE, Gulliver, DJ, Morris, GE, Maitlis, PM 1991 J Am Chem Soc 113:8567–8569 .
39. Conradie, J, Lamprecht, GJ, Otto, S, Swarts, JC 2002 Inorg Chim Acta 328:191–203 .
40. Stuurman, NF, Conradie, J 2009 J Organomet Chem 694:259–268 .
41. GJ Van Zyl Lamprecht, GJ, Leipoldt, JG, Swaddle, TW 1988 Inorg Chim Acta 143:223–227 .
42. Conradie, MM, Conradie, J 2009 Inorg Chim Acta 362:519–530 .
43. Conradie, MM, Conradie, J 2008 S Afr J Chem 61:102–111.
44. Conradie, MM, Conradie, J 2001 Dalton Trans 40:8226–8237 .
45. Conradie, MM, Conradie, J 2008 Inorg Chim Acta 361:208–218 .
46. Conradie, MM, Conradie, J 2008 Inorg Chim Acta 361:2285–2295 .
47. Conradie, MM, Erasmus, JJC, Conradie, J 2011 Polyhedron 30:2345–2353 .
48. Conradie, MM, Conradie, J 2010 J Organomet Chem 695:2126–2133 .
49. Conradie, J, Lamprecht, GJ, Roodt, A, Swarts, JC 2007 Polyhedron 23:5075–5087 .
50. Griffin, TR, Cook, DB, Haynes, A, Pearson, JM, Monti, D, Morris, GE 1996 J Am Chem Soc 118:3029–3030 .
51. Feliz M , Freixa Z, PWNM van Leeuwen, Bo C (2005) Organometallics 24: 5718–5723.
52. Cheong, M, Ziegler, T 2005 Organometallics 24:3053–3058 .
53. Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), Version 5.32, November 2010 update.
54. Venter, JA, Purcell, W, Visser, HG 2009 Acta Cryst E65:m1528–m1529.