Recent applications of tricarbonyliron-diene complexes
to organic synthesis*
Hans-Joachim Knölker, Arnold Braier, Dirk J. Bröcher,
Simon Cämmerer, Wolfgang Fröhner, Peter Gonser, Holger Hermann,
Daniela Herzberg, Kethiri R. Reddy, and Guy Rohde
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität
Karlsruhe, Richard-Willstätter-Allee, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract: The present review describes some of
our recent applications of tricarbonyliron-diene chemistry to organic
synthesis. It focuses on the selective synthesis of tricarbonyliron-diene
complexes including the asymmetric catalytic complexation of prochiral
cyclohexa-1,3-dienes, the enantioselective synthesis of carbazole-3,4-quinone
alkaloids, and the iron-mediated synthesis of corannulene and yohimbane
alkaloids.
*Lecture presented at the 38th IUPAC Congress/World
Chemistry Congress 2001, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 July 2001. Other presentations
are published in this issue, pp.1033-1145.
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