Jp. Genet et al., SCHIFF-BASE NUCLEOPHILES - PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GENERAL APPLICATION OF ORGANOIRON COMPLEXES IN AMINO-ACID SYNTHESIS, Synlett, (8), 1994, pp. 631-634
Schiff base nucleophiles have been employed with cationic cyclohexadie
nyliron pi-complexes to gain access to intermediates that are suitable
for elaboration into new amino acid structures. Addition to a vinyl s
ubstituted cation formed a quaternary centre in the first example of t
his mode of addition. The results demonstrate that Schiff base nucleop
hiles have appropriate basicity/reactivity properties for use with tri
carbonyliron complexes.