Exercise Inorganic Chemistry

In the cobalt-catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins, [CoH(CO)3] is supposed to be

the catalytically active species, formed out of the pre-catalyst [CoH(CO)4].
Suggest an experiment that can support the existence of [CoH(CO)3] within the
catalytic cycle. Explain, why the reaction rate of the hydroformylation process
decreases when the CO ligands in complexes [CoH(CO)4-n(PR3)n] are successively
substituted by phosphine ligands. Which trend would you expect for the CO
stretching frequencies in the IR spectrum and for the acidity of [CoH(CO)4-n(PR3)n]
in the course of CO substitution by phosphine?

Exercise Organic Chemistry

Draw the structure of the final product in the following reaction and explain the
selectivity as well as the stereochemistry.

H
1 equiv.
m-CPBA

H
O
O