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Hydrogenation with Wilkinson’s catalyst in order
Use this for “Put the steps of the hydrogenation of propene by RhCl(PPh₃)₃ in order, and name each elementary step.”
Put in order
Put the steps that turn an alkene and H₂ into an alkane in order.
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Assumptions
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The catalyst is Wilkinson’s, RhCl(PPh₃)₃, a 16-electron Rh(I) complex; PPh₃ is triphenylphosphine.
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One alkene takes one H₂: the two H atoms add to the same face of the C=C (syn addition).
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The cycle shown is the usual one, with H₂ added before the alkene binds.
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