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Cross-Metathesis of an Iron Carbene with Diazenes
Zachary S Lincoln1, Vlad M Iluc1
1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana46556, United States.
Abstract:
Olefin metathesis is one of the most versatile reactions in synthetic chemistry. Metathesis of C═X (X = O, NR2) substrates has also been developed; however, the simple cross-metathesis of diazenes and olefins remains unrealized, in part due to the lack of mechanistic information about deactivation pathways for traditional olefin cross-metathesis catalysts. Herein, we report the reactions of [{PC(sp2)P}Fe(NCtBu)(N2)] ([PC(sp2)P] = bis(2-di-iso-propylphosphino)methylene) with cyclic diazenes and the formation of metathesis-related products. These reactions led to the isolation of a diazametallacyclobutane from diazocine that ring opens to afford an in situ iron imide complex, which undergoes an intramolecular C-H amination to afford an iron indoline. Restricting this side reaction with dibenzodiazepine led to the formation of an iron imide complex, which was structurally characterized in its oxidized form.
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