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Conversion of (1-heterodiene) tricarbonyliron (0) complexes into (2-aminohomodiene) tricarbonyliron (0) complexes

MJ Ackland, TN Danks, ME Howells

Index: Ackland, Mark J.; Danks, Timothy N.; Howells, Mark E. Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 5 p. 691 - 694

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Abstract

Treatment of (1-azadiene) tricarbonyliron (0) complex 1 with lithiated amines leads to attack at a metal carbonyl and the formation of formamides, whereas complexes 2 and 3 undergo deprotonation of the methyl group at C-2 followed by a rearrangement to form (2- aminohomodiene) tricarbonyliron (0) complexes 8 or 10 in good yield.