Intermediate complex in the reduction of trimethylamine oxide by pentacarbonyl iron: its use as catalyst in the addition of carbon tetrachloride to carbon–carbon double bonds

Abstract

The intermediate compound in the reduction of Me₃NO by Fe(CO)₅, a reaction used for the synthesis of diene–tricarbonyl iron complexes, was intercepted and identified as the trimethylamino–tetracarbonyl iron complex; its potential as catalyst for the addition of CCl₄ to unsaturated substrates has been shown.