Unexpected products from the Fp2-catalyzed reductive cyclization of nitroaromatics bearing pendant unsaturation
A representative o-nitroenone (Z=O) was cyclized by reduction with CO and [CpFe(CO)2]2 (Fp2) as the catalyst to give the corresponding 4-quinolone. In contrast, Baylis-Hillman adducts derived from o-nitrobenzaldehydes were