Title: TMEDA in Iron‐Catalyzed Kumada Coupling: Amine Adduct versus Homoleptic “ate” Complex Formation
Abstract: The reactions of iron chlorides with mesityl Grignard reagents and tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) under catalytically relevant conditions tend to yield the homoleptic "ate" complex [Fe(mes)3 ](-) (mes=mesityl) rather than adducts of the diamine, and it is this ate complex that accounts for the catalytic activity. Both [Fe(mes)3 ](-) and the related complex [Fe(Bn)3 ](-) (Bn=benzyl) react faster with representative electrophiles than the equivalent neutral [FeR2 (TMEDA)] complexes. Fe(I) species are observed under catalytically relevant conditions with both benzyl and smaller aryl Grignard reagents. The X-ray structures of [Fe(Bn)3 ](-) and [Fe(Bn)4 ](-) were determined; [Fe(Bn)4 ](-) is the first homoleptic σ-hydrocarbyl Fe(III) complex that has been structurally characterized.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-21
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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