• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.588-592
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• 1997

The new type ligand, bisphosphonites, were easily prepared through ligand exchange reaction of bis (diethylamino)phosphine with diols. These bisphosphonites reacted with $(COD)^2Rh^+BF_4\;^-$ to corresponding bisphosphonite-rhodium(I) comlexes, of which X-ray crystallography was for the first time investigated. This organometallic compound was applicated in hydroformylation reaction as catalyst, and proved to be very effective one.