Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, Vol.94, No.1, 85-89, 2008
Catalysis of the water gas shift reaction by cis-[Rh(CO)(2)(amine)(2)](PF6) complexes in an aqueous tetrabutylammonium hydrogensulfate solution
Rhodium(I) complexes, cis-[Rh(CO)(2)(amine)(2)](PF6) (amine = 4-picoline, 3-picoline, 2-picoline, pyridine, 3,5-lutidine or 2,6-lutidine) dissolved in an aqueous solution of tetrabutylammonium hydrogensulfate (N(C4H9)(4)HSO4), catalyze the water-gas shift reaction (WGSR). The role of the coordinated amine on the catalytic activity was examined.
Keywords:water gas shift reaction;rhodium;pyridine;substituted pyridines;tetrabutylammonium hydrogensulfate