Abstract
Two novel fluorous tris(arylphosphine)rhodium(I) chloride complexes RhCl[P{C6H4-p-SiMe2(CH2)2CnF2n+1}3]3 (3a: n = 6, 3b: n = 8) being fluorous analogues of Wilkinson's catalyst show high activity in hydrogenation of 1-alkenes under single phase fluorous conditions and can be effectively recycled using the new concept of fluorous biphasic separation. For comparison the p-(trimethylsilyl)-substituted
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