Disparate reactivity of a chiral iron(II) tetracarbene complex with organic azides.
Jerred J RussellJoseph F DeJesusBrett A SmithPhattananawee NalaohKonstantinos D VogiatzisDavid M JenkinsPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2024)
A chiral tetra-NHC iron(II) complex and its disparate reactivity with multiple organic azides is reported. Both aryl and alkyl azides react with the iron(II) complex yielding three distinct products: an iron(IV) imide, an iron(IV) tetrazene, and a surprising and unprecedented double imide insertion complex.