Abstract
Pairing iron bis(amide) Fe(HMDS)2 with Na(HMDS) to form new sodium ferrate base [(dioxane)0.5·NaFe(HMDS)3] (1) enables regioselective mono and di-ferration (via direct Fe-H exchange) of a wide range of fluoroaromatic substrates under mild reaction conditions. Trapping of several ferrated intermediates has provided key insight into how synchronised Na/Fe cooperation operates in these transformations. Furthermore using excess 1 at 80oC switches on a remarkable cascade process inducing the collective 2-fold C-H/3-fold C-F bond activations, where each C-H bond is transformed to a C-Fe bond whereas each C-F bond is transformed into a C-N bond.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 187-191 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie International Edition |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 25 Oct 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- metallation
- mixed-metal chemistry
- C-F bond activation
- cascade processes
- ferrates