Mj. Ackland et al., CONVERSION OF (1-HETERODIENE)TRICARBONYLIRON(0) COMPLEXES INTO (2-AMINOHOMODIENE)TRICARBONYLIRON(0) COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron letters, 37(5), 1996, pp. 691-694
Treatment of (1-azadiene)tricarlonyliron(0) complex 1 with lithiated a
mines leads to attack at a metal carbonyl and the formation of formami
des, whereas complexes 2 and 3 undergo deprotonation of the methyl gro
up at C-2 followed by a rearrangement to form (2-aminohomodiene)tricar
bonyliron(0) complexes 8 or 10 in good yield.