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Chemical Communications

The flexible behaviour of a trigonal arylimido iron complex

Andres Gonzalez,a   Alessandra Casnati,a   Moritz Willingshofer,a   Aleksa Radovic, ORCID logo b   George E. Cutsail, III, ORCID logo bc   Serhiy Demeshko,d   Franc Meyer ORCID logo d  and  C. Gunnar Werncke ORCID logo *ae  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
E-mail: gunnar.werncke@chemie.uni-marburg.de, gunnar.werncke@uni-leipzig.de

b MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34 – 36, D-45470 Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany

c Faculty Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany

d Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany

e Institute of Chemistry and Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 29, Leipzig, Germany

Abstract

A trigonal arylimido iron complex is reported, which is found in an intermediate spin state. The iron bound imido unit is electronically flexible and acts as a nucleophile, reductant, or H atom abstractor. The latter is used for catalytic intramolecular C–H bond amination.

Graphical abstract: The flexible behaviour of a trigonal arylimido iron complex

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC05205J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Sep 2025
Accepted
15 Oct 2025
First published
16 Oct 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 18440-18443

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The flexible behaviour of a trigonal arylimido iron complex

A. Gonzalez, A. Casnati, M. Willingshofer, A. Radovic, G. E. Cutsail, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer and C. G. Werncke, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 18440 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC05205J

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