“…Although the mechanisms of iron‐catalyzed cross‐coupling reactions have not been elucidated (see Section 3.3), it has been postulated that highly reduced iron–magnesium clusters containing an iron(−II) center, such as [Fe(MgX) 2 ] n , may play an important role in the catalytic cycle. Martin and Fürstner probed this theory by testing the known, well‐defined iron(−II) complex [Li(tmeda)] 2 [Fe(C 2 H 4 ) 4 ] ( 8 ), which was first described by Jonas and co‐workers,30a, b as a catalyst for cross‐coupling reactions 30c. Indeed, 8 is a very active catalyst for the coupling of aryl Grignard reagents with alkyl electrophiles, including secondary alkyl bromides (Scheme ).…”