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We summarized here the recent developments in the iron-catalyzed C-C bond formation via the polar reactions of alcohols with various carbon-centered nucleophiles. It is composed of three sections according to the categories of the C-centered nucleophiles such as C(sp3), C(sp2), and C(sp).
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In this part, the acidic 2-CH in the 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds described as sp3 C-centered neucleophiles is only for convenience of classification. It is the enolate (sp2 C) that acts as the real neucleophile in these reactions.
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Shang, X., Liu, Z. Recent advances in the iron-catalyzed C-C bond formation via polar reactions of alcohols with carbon-centered nucleophiles. Chin. Sci. Bull. 57, 2335–2337 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5123-1
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