M. Franckneumann et al., ONE-CARBON FRIEDEL-CRAFTS FUNCTIONALIZATIONS OF ACYCLIC DIENE IRON TRICARBONYL COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(29), 1993, pp. 4643-4646
Iron tricarbonyl complexes of acyclic conjugated dienes undergo Friede
l-Crafts reactions with alkoxychloromethanes to give selectively cis-
or trans-alkoxy penta-2,4-diene complexes, depending on the work-up co
nditions. With thiochloroformates, the reaction leads to complexed cis
-thiopentadienoates. These Friedel-Crafts products are valuable starti
ng complexes for the synthesis of other one-carbon terminally function
alized dienes.