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Solvent effects can be used to switch aryllithium addition to eta(5)-c
yclohexadienyl tricarbonyliron complexes between novel formation of an
acyl product, and the synthetically more valuable direct addition to
the dienyl ligand. This gives efficient access to o-functionalised 1-a
rylcyclohexadienyl complexes for use in alkaloid synthesis.