Bis[(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)dichloro-rhodium]

1. Catalyst used in the functionalization of acetanilides under solventless conditions in a ball mill.
2. Rhodiumcatalyzed regioselective direct C-H arylation of indoles with aryl boronic acids.
3. Catalyst used in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of imines in water.
4. Facile rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of fluorinated pyridines.
5. Rhodium-catalyzed alkylation of azobenzenes with allyl acetates.

burgundy solid

Dichloro(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhodium(III) dimer is used as a catalyst for amidation, reductive alkylation, hydrogenation, chiral hydrogenation reactions. It is also used as a catalyst for oxidative olefination reactions, C-C bond cleavage of secondary alcohols, oxidative annulation of pyridine and ortho C-H olefination of phenol derivatives.

Oxidative olefination reactions C-C bond cleavage of secondary alcohols Ortho C-H olefination of phenol derivatives Oxidative annulation of pyridines Oxidative ortho-acylation of benzamides with aldehydes via direct functionalization of the sp2 C-H bond A