AbstractThe intermediates of nitrene‐extrusion reaction were found in the forms of (ANB)Fe(CO)4 or (ANB)Fe(CO)3 during the reaction of 7‐azanorbornadiene derivatives (ANB) with diiron nonacarbonyl. By using extended Hückel molecular orbital (EHMO) calculation, we found that the chemical behavior of these complexes is correlated with the nature of substituents of ANB. The relative reactivity of (ANB)Fe(CO)4 and (ANB)Fe(CO)3 is influenced by the charge distributions on iron and nitrogen. In the crystal structure of (ANB)Fe(CO)4 an angular distortion of Fc‐C=O is observed, which is a result of donor‐acceptor interaction between the lone‐pair of N and the π* orbital of CO.
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