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Iron catalysis; Cross coupling; Natural product synthesis
Abstract:
This Account summarizes our work in the area of organoiron chemistry during the last two decades, with special emphasis of iron catalyzed C-C-bond formation. Specifically, it is shown that iron catalysts can emulate reactivity more befitting noble metals in that they allow various cross coupling, cycloaddition and cycloisomerization reactions to be carried out with surprising ease. At the same time, this base metal opens opportunities for the discovery of genuinely new transformations.
