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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

7/10/2012 - Beginnings of Carbonyl Chemistry

In 1928 a chemist by the name of Walter Heiber, also known as the father of carbonyl chemistry, started a systematic study of many metal carbonyls.  This allowed him to discover many of the hidden catalytic properties of these utilizable compounds.  Two of his most famous reactions were in the realm of Iron chemistry with the two following reactions:
Fe(CO)5 + H2NCH2CH2NH2 →  (H2NCH2CH2NH2)Fe(CO)3 + 2CO
Fe(CO)5 + X2 → Fe(CO)4X2 + CO

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