Making expensive dirhodium(II) catalysts cheaper: Rh(II) recycling methods

Org Biomol Chem. 2012 May 7;10(17):3357-78. doi: 10.1039/c2ob06731e. Epub 2012 Mar 19.

Abstract

Dirhodium(II) catalysts have been widely used as a remarkable tool in organic synthesis, ultimately resulting in a myriad of transformations and formation of a wide variety of compounds, every so often intermediaries in drug synthesis. Aiming at a more sustainable chemistry, several methods suitable for the reutilisation of expensive dirhodium complexes have been developed. Herein, we provide a combined overview of the available methods for recovering and reusing dirhodium(II) metal complexes in catalysis, covering homogeneous catalysis as well as heterogenisation methods.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry / economics*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry
  • Rhodium / chemistry*
  • Rhodium / economics*
  • Solvents / chemistry

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Solvents
  • Rhodium