Tetrahedron letters

Lewis acid-promoted addition of allyl (cyclopentadienyl) iron (II) dicarbonyl to unactivated ketones

S Jiang, E Turos

Index: Jiang, Songchun; Turos, Edward Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 36 p. 4639 - 4642

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Abstract

Abstract The Lewis acid-promoted addition of allyl (cyclopentadienyl) iron (II) dicarbonyl (1) to unactivated ketones provides zwitterionic iron-olefin complexes 5 as isolable salts. Treatment of these complexes with NaI in wet acetone affords homoallylic alcohols in good to excellent overall yields.