Iron organometallics

The same electrochemical process was also used for the coupling between aldehydes or ketones and activated alkyl halides such as a-chloroesters, -nitriles, and -ketones as well as aya-dichloroesters.334 Electroanalytical studies have shown initial electroreduction of Fe(n) to Fe(i) and subsequent formation of an iron organometallic intermediate (e.g., a 7t-allyliron complex in Equation (27)) before reaction with the corresponding carbonyl compounds.335... 

Another chemical approach to the chemical conversion of methane involves organometallic reactions.85-89 Interesting work with iridium complexes and other transition metal insertion reactions (rhodium, osmium, rhenium, etc.) were carried out. Even iron organometallics were studied. These reactions take place in the coordination spheres of the metal complexes, but so far the reactions are stoichiometric and noncatalytic.77 In terms of synthetic hydrocarbon chemistry, these conversions are thus not yet practical, but eventually it is expected that catalytic reactions will be achieved. 

In addition to iron organometallics, manganese carbonyl complexes are also used for defluorinations upon flash-vacuum pyrolysis.149 150... 

Use of Co(CO)4 in Organic Syntheses. The synthetic potential provided by the various methods for formation, modification, and cleavage of the Co bond with the aid of Co(CO)4 has been exploited, in a way similar to that done with the Fe congener Fe(CO)4 (or FeH(CO)4 ), in versatile stoichiometric and catalytic reactions (see Iron Organometallic Chemistry). 

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The chemistry of ferrocene and its derivatives form a significant subset of iron organometallic chemistry. Ferrocene is commercially available its chemistry will be discussed in Section 7. 

The chemistry of iron vinylidene complexes is dominated by the electrophilicity of the carbon atom adjacent to the iron organometallic unit. While addition of water leads to an acyl complex (i.e., the reverse of the dehydration shown in equation 10), addition of an alcohol leads to a vinyl ether complex. Similarly, other iron vinyl complexes can be prepared by the addition of thiolate, hydride, or an organocuprate (Scheme 33). " The nucleophilic addition of imines gave enaminoiron intermediates that could be further elaborated into cyclic aminocarbenes. This methodology has been used to provide access to /3-lactams and ultimately penicillin analogs, and good diastereoselectivities were observed (6 1-15 1) (Scheme 34). 04 Iso, vinylidene complexes are intermediates in cyclizations of alkynyl irons with substituted ketenes, acid chlorides, and related electrophiles an example is shown (equation 11). These cyclizations led to the formation of a series of isolable and characterizable cyclic vinyl iron complexes. 

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