Oxymethylation of iron complexes [(cp) Fe (CO) 2 (R)] with HMMe 3 (M= Sn, Si; cp= C 5 H 5) leading to R–CH 2 OH via a formylation–hydrometallation sequence

M Akita, T Oku, Y Moro-Oka

Index: Akita, Munetaka; Oku, Tomoharu; Moro-oka, Yoshihiko Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1989 , # 23 p. 1790 - 1792

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Abstract

Thermal reaction of (cp) Fe (CO) 2 (R),(cp) Fe (CO) 2 (COR), and (cp) Fe (CO)(PPh3)(COR)(cp= C5H5) with 3 equivalents of trimethyl-stannane or-silane, affords R– CH2OH (or R–CH2OSiMe3) and (cp) Fe (CO) H (MMe3) 2 in good yields; the reaction sequence follows initial reduction of transient co-ordinatively unsaturated acyl species to give the aldehyde and successive hydrometallation by the action of Me3M–Fe ...