Abstract

Hydrogenation of 1-hexene is eight fimes faster with the rhodacarborane complex 1 than with [RhCl(PPh3)3]. The sulfur atom bound to the open face favors the interaction of the rhodium center with the more active B-H vertices situated on this face.

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