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Both Rh4(CO)12 and Rh6(CO)16 exhibit CO-fluxionality and modern, variable temperature, NMR methods allow the unambiguous assignment of the three terminal CO resonances and, for Rh4(CO)12, show that the mechanism of CO-fluxionality, which has been controversial for a long time, unambiguously involves the merry-go-round process; Rh6(CO)16, which was previously thought to be static, is also shown to be fluxional, although the rate of CO-exchange is much less than found for substituted derivatives, and possible pathways for this CO-exchange are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3557-3564 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Inorganica Chimica Acta |
| Volume | 359 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| State | Published - 1 Aug 2006 |
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