Dicarbonyl(acetylacetonato)rhodium(I) is an organorhodium compound with the formula Rh(O<sub>2</sub>C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>7</sub>)(CO)<sub>2</sub>. The compound consists of two CO ligands and an acetylacetonate. It is a dark green solid that dissolves in acetone and benzene, giving yellow solutions. The compound is used as a precursor to homogeneous catalysts.
The complex adopts square planar molecular geometry. The molecules stack with Rh---Rh distances of about 326 pm. As such, it is representative of a linear chain compound.
It is prepared by treating rhodium carbonyl chloride with sodium acetylacetonate in the presence of base: