On the Use of Iron in Organic Chemistry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Iron in Organic Synthesis
2.1. Addition Reactions
2.2. C-H Bond Activation
2.3. Cross-Coupling Reactions
2.4. Cycloadditions
2.6. Redox Reactions
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleGuðmundsson, Arnar, and Jan-E. Bäckvall. 2020. "On the Use of Iron in Organic Chemistry" Molecules 25, no. 6: 1349. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25061349