Addition of aluminum chloride to the(
4-cyclohexadiene)Fe(CO)
3 complexbearing an acidchloride side chain at C-5 gives a cyclic keto complex, whereas Lewisacid assistedintramolecular cyclization of acyclic(
4-butadiene)Fe(CO)
3 complexescontaining an aldehyde,an ester, or a nitrile functionality produces(
,
3-allyl)tricarbonyliron complexes.Treatmentsof the (
4-butadiene)Fe(CO)
3complexes bearing a chromium carbene moiety in refluxingtoluene lead to formation of furan derivatives by intramolecularaddition of the diene ligandto the chromium carbene carbon center.