Iron Acyl Complexes

This chapter covers a selection of acyl complexes and synthetic applications published within the past two decades. Iron acyl complexes are useful building blocks for organic synthesis. This survey covers recent synthetic applications of a selection of acyl complexes published within the last two decades. Herein, acyl complexes derived from carbonyl iron reagents are discussed, besides cyclopentadienyl dicarbonyl iron compounds, their phosphine-substituted chiral-at-iron derivatives and diiron acyl complexes. This chapter has been organized according to the above classification with additional ligands and their reactivity, for example allyl, dienes. Keywords: allyl iron complexes; cyclohexadienyl iron complexes; cyclopentadienyl dicarbonyl iron complexes; vinylidene iron complexes; chiral-at-iron acyl complexes; [Fe]-hydrogenases; cycloaddition reactions; cyclocarbonylations; conjugate addition reactions; aldol reactions