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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 9;48(47):5838–5840. doi: 10.1039/c2cc31973j

Table 1.

Optimization of the catalyst and solvent

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entry Rh2L4a solventb equiv. EtOH yield (%)
1 Rh2(S-DOSP)4 neat 10 12
2 Rh2(S-DOSP)4 hexanes 10 8
3 Rh2(S-DOSP)4 TFT 5 51
4 Rh2(S-DOSP)4 TFT 10 61
5 Rh2(Ooct)4 TFT 10 48
6 Rh2(S-PTAD)4 TFT 10 38
7 Rh2(OAc)4 TFT 10 50
a

In all reactions 1 mol% of catalyst was employed. The reaction was allowed to react for 4h after addition of the solution of 2.

b

All reactions were run at a concentration of 0.15 M with respect to 2.