Iron-Catalyzed Tunable Double Bond Migration and Geometrical Isomerization in Olefins via a Spin-Accelerated Alkyl Mechanism.

ABSTRACT: Despite the central relevance of metal-catalyzed alkene isomerization in academia and industry and the overarching role of iron in sustainable catalysis, highly efficient iron-catalyzed positional and geometrical isomerizations of alkenes remain long-sought-after goals. Herein, we disclose the development of an easily accessible, well-defined anilido-aldimine iron(II) alkyl catalyst that efficiently and selectively performs, for the first time, tunable olefin migration over one and multiple carbon-carbon bonds and configurational alkene isomerization. This singular catalyst behavior also unraveled the implementation of productive regiodivergent and regio- and stereoconvergent olefin isomerization processes. Notably, with only 1 equiv. of Cy₂NH·BH₃ (relative to Fe) und

SUBMITTER: Obeid AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684360 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature