(Acetylacetonato-κ2O,O′)[(2-bromophenyl)diphenylphosphane-κP]carbonylrhodium(I)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Rh(C5H7O2)(C18H14BrP)(CO)], the RhIatom adopts a slightly distorted square-planar geometry involving two O atoms [Rh—O = 2.077 (2) and 2.033 (2) Å] of the acetylacetonate ligand, one carbonyl C atom [Rh—C = 1.813 (2) Å] and one P atom [Rh—P = 2.242 (5) Å] of the PPh2(2-BrC6H4) phosphane ligand. Difference electron density maps indicate a disorder of the Br atom over two positions in an approximate 0.95:0.05 ratio. However, this disorder could not be resolved satisfactorily with the present data.