The first stable iron–methylene complex [Fe(C5Me5)(dppe)(![[double bond, length half m-dash]](https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e006.gif)
CH2)]+BF4–(2+)(dppe =P,P′-Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2) has been isolated and fully characterized; the methylene ligand has been activated by electron transfer catalysis (ETC) to initiate a ligand exchange reaction with acetonitrile, or the cyclopropanation of styrene with a coulombic efficiency of 100.
C. Roger and C. Lapinte, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1989, 1598 DOI: 10.1039/C39890001598
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