Reactions of the sigma,pi-furyl complex [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-Fu)(mu-PFu(2))] (Fu = C4H3O) with phosphines: Carbonyl substitution, migratory carbonyl insertion and cyclometallation-induced furan elimination
The reactivity of the sigma,pi-furyl complex [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-Fu)(mu-PFu(2))] (1) towards PPh3 and a range of bidentate phosphines has been studied and a number of different reaction products have been identified. With PPh3, carbonyl substitution affords [Fe-2(CO)(5)(PPh3)(mu-Fu)(mu-PFu(2))] (2) in which the new phosphine is coordinated to the iron center that is sigma-coordinated by the bridging f
