Deprotonative metallation of ferrocenes using mixed lithium-zinc and lithium-cadmium combinations.

Gandrath Dayaker (1, 2) , Aare Sreeshailam (1, 2) , Floris Chevallier (1) , Thierry Roisnel (3) , Palakodety Radha Krishna (2) , Florence Mongin (1)

1 CPM - Chimie et Photonique Moléculaires
2 Organic Chemistry Division III
3 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

A mixed lithium-cadmium amide and a combination of lithium and zinc amides were reacted with a range of ferrocenes; deprotonative mono- or dimetallation in general occurred chemoselectively at room temperature, as evidenced by subsequent quenching with iodine.

Domaines: Chimie organique

Gandrath Dayaker, Aare Sreeshailam, Floris Chevallier, Thierry Roisnel, Palakodety Radha Krishna, et al.. Deprotonative metallation of ferrocenes using mixed lithium-zinc and lithium-cadmium combinations.. Chemical Communications, 2010, 46 (16), pp.2862-2864. ⟨10.1039/b924939g⟩. ⟨hal-00738773⟩