Transition metals in organic synthesis annuel survey covering the year 1982

New chemical and stereochemical applications of organoiron complexes

“…The credit for the development and application of organoiron complexes in organic and organometallic chemistry can be ascribed to brilliant contributions by Fischer [ 32 , 33 ], Pettit [ 34 ], Müller [ 35 ], Alper [ 10 ], King [ 36 ], Rosenblum [ 37 – 40 ], Brunner [ 41 ], Birch [ 14 ], Collman [ 42 ], Gompper [ 43 ], Sarel [ 44 ], Noyori [ 45 , 46 ], Pearson [ 20 , 21 ], Casey [ 47 ], Hegedus [ 13 ], Wojcicki [ 48 ], Reger [ 49 ], Helquist [ 50 ], Gladysz [ 51 ], Kerber [ 52 ], Wulff [ 53 ], Ojima [ 54 ], Negishi [ 55 ], Backvall [ 56 ], Herndon [ 57 ], von Gustorf [ 58 ], Grée [ 30 ], Seyferth [ 59 ], Davies [ 60 – 63 ], Liebeskind [ 64 ], Semmelhack [ 65 ], Brookhart [ 66 ], and others [ 31 , 67 – 73 ]. Credit is also due Fischer [ 24 ], Dötz [ 74 ], Jaouen [ 18 ], Semmelhack [ 19 ], Wulff [ 53 , 75 ] Hegedus [ 76 ], Yamashita [ 77 ], and others [ 77a , 77b ] for their st...…”