Carbon—iron bonds reactions with

A carbon-iron bond is also formed by the reaction of the cyclopropenium salt 185 with dicarbonyl(i/5-cyclopentadienyl)(trimethylsilyl)iron [92], (Scheme 69) In the reaction with benzocyclobutenylidene- 5-cyclopentadienyliron(II) hexafluorophosphate 186, CpFe(CO)2R (R=cyelo-C3H5, CH2-cyclo-C3H5) is converted to the allene and butadiene complexes, 187 and 188, respectively [93]. (Scheme 70)... 

Unexpectedly, neither direct complexation nor the deoxygenated complexes 95 or 96136,137 were observed in the reaction of diphenylthiirene oxide (18a) with iron nonacarbonyl. Instead, the red organosulfur-iron complex 97138 was isolated12, which required the cleavage of three carbon-sulfur bonds in the thiirene oxide system (see equation 33). The mechanism of the formation of 97 from 18a is as yet a matter of speculation. 

Unlike the alkanes, however, the reaction of benzene with the halogens is catalyzed by iron. The relative lack of reactivity in aromatic hydrocarbons is attributed to delocalized double bonds. That is, the second pair of electrons in each of the three possible carbon-to-carbon double bonds is shared by all six carbon atoms rather than by any two specific carbon atoms. Two ways of writing structural formulas which indicate this type of bonding in the benzene molecules are as follows ... 

The iron slurries show exceptional reactivity toward oxidative addition reactions with carbon halogen bonds. In fact, the reaction with C.FcI is so exothermic that the slurry has to be cooled to 0 °C before the addition of C F L The reaction of iron with C F Br is also quite exothermic, hence, even for this addition, the iron slurry is cooled to about 0 ° C. The organoiron compound formed in the above reactions, solvated Fe(C.F )2, reacts with CO at room temperature and ambient pressure to yiela Fe(C,F3)2(CO)2(DMEL. 

In the course of a study on creation of a library of a great number of hetaryl ketones and related derivatives, Szewczyk et al. <2001AGE216> elaborated a ruthenium-catalyzed transformation of heterocycles with activated C-H bond by reaction with olefins and carbon monoxide. Thus, 253 gave 254, albeit in very poor yield. Synthetically, the more straightforward iron-catalyzed transformation was described by Fiirstner et al. <2002JA13856>. These authors reacted 255 with a Grignard reagent in the presence of Fe(acac)3 to afford the 7-alkyl-substituted derivative 256 in reasonable yield (acac = acetylacetonate). 

The radical-chain 5 rnI reaction is a useful method for the formation of new carbon-carbon bonds reactions of the enolate ions of 2-acetylthiophene and 2-acetylfuran with aryl halides have been investigated using photo-initiation and also iron(II) initiation. ... 

Xlld does not involve the chiral center, so if the reaction takes place by this pathway, the migration of the alkyl group from sulfur to palladium (with the concomitant or subsequent loss of sulfur dioxide) must take place with inversion of configuration at carbon. Inversion of configuration at carbon has been observed in the reverse-type reaction, the sulfur dioxide insertion into a carbon-iron sigma bond (49). Nucleophilic displacement at carbon in compounds of type Xld is unusually difficult, so the reaction via the sulfite intermediate Xlld would appear to be more likely. Conversion of the tosylate of l-phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol to the corresponding chloride, a reaction which takes place in the presence of tetra- (n-butyl) ajnmonium chloride with inversion of configuration at carbon, requires 100°C for 24 hrs in dimethylsulfoxide. 

The structure of 4 (Fig. 5) comprises an open butterfly arrangement of four iron atoms, each bearing three terminal carbonyls (8). The hitherto encapsulated carbon atom is equidistant (1.99 0.03 A) from the metal atoms and is now bonded to the carbomethoxy group. The reaction may be visualized as in Scheme 1. The exposed carbon atom undergoes carbon -carbon bond formation with carbon monoxide to give a ketenylidene group,... 

Another approach for the ring expansion of epoxides uses low-valent iron complexes which open epoxides under reductive conditions, as reported by Hilt et al. [106]. The iron complexes are reduced and after coordination of the epoxide to the iron center an electron transfer initiates the radical-type ring opening of the epoxide. Under formal insertion of an alkene, regioselective formation of tetrahy-drofurans was observed (Scheme 9.46). The reaction is applicable to a broad range of acceptor-substituted alkenes bearing another double or triple bond system in conjugation with the inserted carbon-carbon double bond. 

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