Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226 , F-35000 Rennes , France.
Chem Rev. 2019 Feb 27;119(4):2550-2610. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00372. Epub 2018 Dec 14.
The last two decades have seen an impressive improvement of the use of iron as a fascinating and valuable alternative transition metal in homogeneous catalysis in terms of sustainability and economy. It was efficiently used in catalytic organic synthetic transformations, which in particular include the reduction of unsaturated bonds. This review summarizes the fast development and the recent advances in selective reductions of olefins, alkynes, carbonyl and carboxylic derivatives, imines, and nitro compounds promoted by iron catalysts. The topical hydrogen-borrowing reactions and hydroboration of unsaturated compounds are also reported. It is hoped that this account not only provides an overview of the state of the art in iron catalysis but also stimulates the development of superior greener catalytic systems in the near future.
过去二十年见证了铁作为一种可持续性和经济性都非常出色的替代过渡金属，在均相催化中应用的显著改善。它被有效地用于催化有机合成转化，特别是包括不饱和键的还原。本综述总结了铁催化剂促进的烯烃、炔烃、羰基和羧酸衍生物、亚胺和硝基化合物的选择性还原反应的快速发展和最新进展。同时还报道了主题氢借反应和不饱和化合物的硼氢化反应。希望本综述不仅提供了铁催化的最新技术概述，还能激发在不久的将来开发更优秀的绿色催化体系。
