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    Cyclization of the pyruvyl(methoxycarbonyl)tetracarbonyliron complex cis-(CO)4Fe[C(O)C(O)CH3](CO2CH3) induced by pronucleophile reagents

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    International audienceTwo iron complexes, cis-(CO)4Fe[C(O)C(O)CH3](CO2CH3) (1a) and cis-(CO)4Fe[C(O)CO2-CH2] [C(O)CH2] (3), are reported. Each complex can be considered as a λ-keto ester with a metal atom inserted into the chain linking its two organic groups. 1a is the only one found to evolve thermally, similarly to organic λ-keto esters, into the methoxy metallalactone (CO)4FeC(O)C(CH3)(OCH3)OC(O) (2a). This reaction is not reversible and does not require any acid or alkaline catalysis. The process does not result from a spontaneous dissociation of the methoxycarbonyl ligand of la but from an associative intra or intermolecular mechanism. A similar process can also be induced by pronucleophile reagents, and it affords a series of substituted metallalactones: (CO)4FeC(O)C(CH3)(Nu)OC(O) (Nu = OCH3 (2a), OC2H5 (2b), SC2H5 (2c), P(C6H5)2 (2d), P(C6H11)2 (2e)). Complex 2e has been characterized structurally. These substituted lactones are formed by nucleophilic attack of the reagent at the pyruvyl ÎČ-carbonyl followed by carbonylate attack on the alkoxycarbonyl ligand
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