Diverse reactivity of an iron-aluminium complex with substituted pyridines.

ABSTRACT: The reaction of an Fe-Al complex with an array of substituted pyridines is reported. Depending on the substitution pattern of the substrate site-selective sp² or sp³ C-H bond activation is observed. A series of reaction products are observed based on (i) C-Al bond formation, (ii) C-C bond formation by nucleophilic addition or (iii) deprotonation of the β-diketiminate ligand. A divergent set of mechanisms involving a common intermediate is proposed.

SUBMITTER: Gorgas N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514013 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature