Phosphane-Pyridine Iron Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Reductive Amination through the Hydrosilylation Reaction

A series of 6 cyclopentadienyl phosphanyl‐pyridine piano‐stool iron complexes was prepared in good yields, characterized, and studied in the catalytic reductive amination of benzaldehyde derivatives through hydrosilylation reactions by using polymethylhydrosiloxane as the hydrosilane source and in dimethylcarbonate as the solvent at 40 °C. Single‐crystal X‐ray structural analyses were performed for all the complexes. A series of 6 cyclopentadienyl phosphanyl‐pyridine piano‐stool iron complexes was prepared, characterized, and studied in the catalytic reductive amination of benzaldehyde derivatives in dimethylcarbonate through hydrosilylation reactions by using polymethylhydrosiloxane as the hydrosilane source.