Download or read book Iron Catalysis in Organic Chemistry written by Bernd Plietker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first comprehensive book to cover this exciting field also deals with the biological aspects, such as enzymes with iron. Following an introduction, this handy reference and handbook goes on to deal with reductions, oxidations of C, H- and C=C bonds, oxidative allylic oxygenation and amination, the oxidation of heteroatoms, cross coupling reactions, aromatic and nucleophilic substitutions, addition to carbonyl compounds, and cyclisations as well as ring opening reactions. The chapters are clearly classified according to the reaction type, allowing readers to quickly locate the desired information.