title: Insertion reactions of a two-coordinate iron diaryl with dioxygen and carbon monoxide.
abstract: The iron(II) diaryl FeAr'2 (1) (Ar' = C6H3-2,6-(C6H3-2,6-(i)Pr2)2) reacts cleanly with O2 or CO to afford the monomeric, two-coordinate bis(aryloxide) Fe(OAr')2 (2) or the eta2-acyl-carbonyl complex (eta2-Ar'C=O)2Fe(CO)2 (3) via oxygen or CO insertion into the Fe-C bonds; complex 2 has a strictly linear geometry and shows remarkable resistance to O2 oxidation.
authors.affiliation: University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Chengbao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Philip P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Power
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D007501:Iron; D010100:Oxygen