Journal of organometallic chemistry

The reactions of acylferrocenes with samarium diiodide: reduction, deoxygenation, reductive coupling and rearrangement

SJ Jong, JM Fang, CH Lin

Index: Jong, Shean-Jeng; Fang, Jim-Min; Lin, Chun-Hsu Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 590, # 1 p. 42 - 45

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Abstract

Acylferrocenes reacted with samarium diiodide in the presence of water to give the corresponding (α-hydroxyalkyl) ferrocenes or alkylferrocenes depending on the reaction time and temperature. On treatment with samarium diiodide in the absence of water, ferrocenecarbaldehyde underwent a reductive coupling to give pinacols, whereas acetylferrocene yielded 3, 3-diferrocenyl-2-butanone and 2, 3-diferrocenyl-2-butene via ...