... Printed in Great Britain Perqamon Press plc SYNTHESIS OF y-XETOAMIDES VIA NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK ON IRON TETRACARBONYL COMPLEXES OF a,B-UNSATURATED AMIDES Annie Pouilhes and Susan E. Thomas* Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL, England Summary : Organolithium and Griqnard reagents react with the readily- formed iron tetracarbonyl complexes of w,/-unsaturated amides to give ...