“…Please do not adjust margins Please do not adjust margins Please do not adjust margins (2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)K, CaI2 / THF, 3 days K [30] [Fe4(Ph)6(THF)4] ( 28) Fe(acac)3, PhMgBr / THF, -30 °C, 25 min C [31] [Fe4(p-tolyl)6(THF)4] ( 29) Fe(acac)3, p-tolylMgBr / THF, -30 °C, 25 min C [31] [Fe4(p-tolyl)6(THF)3] ( 30) Fe(acac)3, p-tolylMgBr / THF, -30 °C, 25 min C [31] [Fe4(4-F-Ph)6(THF)4] ( 31) Fe(acac)3, 4-F-PhMgBr / THF, -30 °C, 25 min C [31] [BMIm]2[{Fe(CO)3}4Sn6I10] ( 32 Ni(COMe)Cl(PMe3)2, PMe3, Tl[BF4] / CH2Cl2, RT, 30 min C [34] [(NiPMe3)4(CO)6] (36) bis(cod)nickel, PMe3, CO / toluene, RT, 6h F [35] [(NiP n Bu3)4(CO)6] (37) bis(cod)nickel, P n Bu3, CO / toluene, RT, 6h F [35] [(PdP n Bu3)4(CO)6] (38) Pd4(CO)5(PBu n 3)4, CH3COOH / EtOH, Pentane, RT, 2 days or Pd(OAc)2, CH3COOH, CO, PBu n 3 / dioxane, Me2CO, 5 days J/F [36] cod 39). [37][38][39][40] In subsequent work, access to such compounds was made at considerably lower temperatures and in higher yields. [(SiMe)4(CH2)6] (40, Figure 4) could be obtained from an AlBr3 induced rearrangement of (Me2SiCH2)3 at 100 °C, which could then in turn be reacted with Cl2 and I2 to form 39 or be treated with Li[AlH4] to form the hydrogen terminated [(SiH)4(CH2)6] (41).…”