Catalysis by rhodium complexes bearing pyridine ligands: Mechanistic aspects

The present review describes several examples of the use of soluble and immobilized complexes of rhodium with pyridine ligands as catalysts. Examples include the water-gas shift reaction, the carbonylation of methanol, the reduction of nitroarenes, the hydrocarboxylation and oligomerization of CO/ethylene, the hydrocarbonylation of 1-hexene, the hydroesterification and hydroformylation-acetalization of 1-hexene, the hydrodechlorination of dichloroethane. the carbonylation of naphtha and the hydrogenation and hydroformylation of alkenes. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.