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In search of recent challenges in synthetic organic chemistry transformations of substrates possessing formally unreactive bonds have been thoroughly addressed. Amongst those reactions a small number of iron-catalysed reactions have emerged and will be presented showcasing that only a mere starting-point has been reached and many opportunities are to be found in this area.