Catalytic uses of iron pentacarbonyl: formation of carboxylic acid derivatives

GC Tustin, RT Hembre

Index: Tustin, Gerald C.; Hembre, Robert T. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 10 p. 1761 - 1764

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Abstract

Although iron pentacarbonyl, Fe (C0) 5, is one of the most ubiquitous and least expensive metal carbonyls, few catalytic uses have been found for it. This is largely attributable to the difficulty associated with removal of a CO ligand to generate a site of coordinative unsaturation. Most of the catalytic uses of Fe (CO) 5 where CO is used as one of the reactants employ a base to chemically activate the CO* ligand by converting it to COz, as ...