-
Views
-
Cite
Cite
Keiji Itoh, Saburo Nakanishi, Yoshio Otsuji, Redox Reaction of Aromatic Aldehydes with Fe3(CO)12, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 1991, Pages 118–122, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.64.118
- Share Icon Share
Abstract
Aromatic aldehydes react with Fe3(CO)12 in refluxing benzene ultimately to give arylmethyl alcohols and 1,2-diaryl-1,2-ethanedione in a 1:1 ratio. In some cases, small amounts of 2,4,5-triaryl-1,3-dioxolanes are formed as minor products. Dinuclear iron complex (1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedioxido)Fe2(CO)7 has been isolated as an intermediate in the reaction of benzaldehyde with Fe3(CO)12. The mechanism of this redox reaction of aromatic aldehydes are discussed on the basis of the kinetic study of the reaction and also of the reactivity of the isolated dinuclear iron complex.