Mononuclear Iron Compounds with η1–η6 Hydrocarbon Ligands

C−H Activation of Imines by Trimethylphosphine-Supported Iron Complexes and Their Reactivities

“…This chelation assistance facilitates highly selective C−H bond cleavage to give a cyclometalated iron(IV) intermediate. Reductive elimination of CH 4 results in an ortho -metalated methyl-iron(II) complex with three trimethylphosphine ligands that is coordinatively saturated, like other alkyl complexes of iron(II) containing Cp and CO ligands . It is the existence of several decomposition pathways that makes many transition metal alkyls unstable.…”

Modern Alchemy: Replacing Precious Metals with Iron in Catalytic Alkene and Carbonyl Hydrogenation Reactions

“…The organometallic chemistry of iron has long been dominated by coordinatively saturated carbonyl complexes [44] . Berthelot fi rst synthesized Fe(CO) 5 in 1891 [45] .…”

Synthesis of (1-alkynyl)dicarbonylcyclopentadienyliron complexes by palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira-type carbon–iron bond formation

“…complexes [CpFe(CO) 2 R] have been attracting considerable attention in the field of coordination chemistry. 1 Among them, the corresponding (1-alkynyl)iron complexes [CpFe(CO) 2 (C≡CR)] are interesting not only as fundamental organometallic compounds 2 but also as potentially useful precursors for molecular electronic devices. 3 The synthesis of the (1-alkynyl)iron complexes often employs the reactions of [CpFe(CO) 2 X] (X = halogen) with lithium or magnesium acetylides, which lack generality and functional group compatibility.…”