Erasmus, Johannes J. C.; Conradie, Jeanet (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011-11-24)
The reaction rate of the oxidative addition and CO insertion steps of methyl iodide with [Rh(PhCOCHCOPh)(CO)(P(OCH<sub>2</sub>
)
<sub>3</sub>
CCH<sub>3</sub>
)]
are presented. Large negative experimental values for the activation entropy and results from a density functional theory computational
chemistry study indicated trans addition of the CH<sub>3</sub>
I to [Rh(PhCOCHCOPh)(CO)(P(OCH<su ...