Transition metal carbonyl complexes intercalated with lamellar materials and use of the intercalated complexes in the catalysis of organic reactions

摘要

Transition metal carbonyl clusters intercalated with lamellar material such as graphite or smectites are prepared by reacting an intercalate of a transition metal halide with carbon monoxide at elevated temperature and at ambient to superatmospheric pressure. The intercalated complexes are useful in the catalysis of a variety of organic reactions including the water gas shift reaction, hydrogenation, hydroformylation, methanation, and so forth.