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Synthesis 1989; 1989(5): 341-355
DOI: 10.1055/s-1989-27250
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Acyclic Butadiene-Iron Tricarbonyl Complexes in Organic Synthesis

René Grée*
  • *Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Biologique, Unité associée CNRS no 704, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35700 Rennes-Beaulieu, France
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17 September 2002 (online)

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The synthetic uses of acyclic butadiene-iron tricarbonyl complexes are reviewed. The main advantages of these organometallic reagents include their easy access (even in chiral form), the efficiency of the Fe(CO)3 moiety in protecting 1,3-dienes, and its use as a stereodirecting group in various types of reactions. Furthermore, these complexes lead to many polyfunctionalized, eventually optically active, dienes which are themselves of much current interest in organic synthesis. 1. Introduction 2. Preparation and Properties of Chiral Acyclic Butadiene-Iron Tricarbonyl Complexes 3. Reaction Occurring on the Organometallic Moiety 4. The Organometallic Complex as a Protecting and Stereodirecting Group 5. Conclusions