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Fred Capretta: Research Interests 

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Rhodium(II) carboxylates are the catalysts of choice for metal-stabilized carbene reactions.  Recent work in the Capretta lab has allowed for the replacement of the carboxylate ligands with isoelectronic phosphinates.  Pictured is a dirhodium catalyst containing four dimethylphosphinic acid ligands.