Carbonyl(1,3‐diphenyl‐1,3‐propanedionato‐O,O')(4‐methyl‐2,6,7‐trioxa‐1‐phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octane‐P)rhodium(I)

The bicyclic phosphite 4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxa-1-phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octane reacts in a 1:1 molar ratio with dicarbonyl(1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedionato-O,O')-rhodium(I) to yield the title compound, [Rh(C 15 H 11 O 2 )(C 5 H 9 O 3 P)(CO)], with square-planar geometry about the Rh atom. The Rh-P bond distance is 2.1690(11) A.