TRANSITION METAL CARBONYL COMPLEXES INTERCALATED WITH LAMELLAR MATERIALS AND USE OF THE INTERCALATED COMPLEXES IN THE CATALYSIS OF ORGANIC REACTIONS

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURETransition metal carbonyl clusters intercalatedwith lamellar material such as graphite or smectites are preparedby reacting an intercalate of a transition metal halide withcarbon monoxide at elevated temperature and at ambient tosuperatmospheric pressure. The intercalated complexes areuseful in the catalysis of a variety of organic reactionsincluding the water gas shift reaction, hydrogenation,hydroformylation, methanation, and so forth.