Transition metal-complexes with iron are catalytically desirable, given its natural abundance and low toxicity, in comparison with most metals. Halogen, aryl, carbonyl, phosphine or amine ligands are typically found in iron compounds. In recent years <i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbene ligands have been utilized to synthesize iron complexes capable of catalytic carbon-carbon bond formation. Although the literature contains numerous examples of Aza-Michael and aromatic substitutions each with their own limitations, there are currently no examples, to our knowledge, of iron-NHC compound (<b>1</b>) catalyzing the following aza-Michael addition or aromatic substitution. Initial progress and future direction of the project will be presented.

Exploration of the catalytic reactivity of iron-NHC complexes

251st National Meeting (2016)

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