Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance ›› 1991, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (3): 327-332.

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AN UNUSUAL SOLVENT EFFECT IN THE 31P NMR SPECTRUM OF BIS-(3-DIPHENYL-PHOSPHINOPROPYL) PHENYLPHOS-PHINERHODIUM CHLORIDE

Larry D. Martin1, Xu Xiaolong2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. 13210, USA;
    2. Lab. of Magn. Reson. and Atom. and Mol. phys. wuhan Institute of physics, the Chinese Acakemy of Sciences Wuban, 430071, P. R. China
  • Received:1990-10-04 Published:1991-09-05 Online:2018-01-20

Abstract: 31P NMR spectrum of bis-(3-diphenylphosphinopropyl)-phenylphosphinerhodium chloride Rh (ttp) Cl in different solvents were studied. It was found that in methylene chloride and chloroform Rh (ttp) Cl has dramatically different chemical shifts and coupling constants, whereas solvents CH3CN, DMF, DMSO do not react with Rh(ttp) Cl. It was suggested that methylene chloride and chloroform act as Lewis acid with Rh(ttp)CI. We suggest that methylene chloride and chloroform be avoided when one wants to draw correlations between X-ray structure and XMR data of metal complexes.

Key words: Solvent effect, 31P NMR