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The carbonylation of methylacetate to acetic anhydride catalysed by [Cp * Rh(CO)2] in the absence of hydrogen

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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages 617-619

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-7003(00)00157-X

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methyl acetate; carbonylation; acetic anhydride; rhodium; pentamethylcyclopentadienyl; WGSR

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[Cp * Rh(CO)(2)] catalyses the carbonylation of methylacetate to acetic anhydride at 6.9 mol dm(3) h(-1) in the absence of hydrogen; [Cp * RhI2(CO)] which forms from it is also catalytically active giving rates of 1.2 mol dm(3) h(-1) under the same conditions. [GRAPHICS] (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

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