We are grateful for the highlight of our contribution by Synfacts. It was an interesting adventure for us to work on a project where the metal does not take the centre of the stage. www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...

Synthesis of Cyclobutane‐Containing Tricyclic β‐Lactams Based on a Saturated Scaffold Enabled by Iron‐catalysed [2 + 2]‐Cycloaddition First syntheses of pyrrolidine-, piperidine-, and azepane tricyclic β-lactams based on a saturated scaffold are achieved through an Fe-pyrimidinediimine-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition of allylamines...

We are happy to share our latest work where we used iron-catalysed [2+2] cycloaddition and carbene C–H insertion to built saturated tricyclic β-lactams based on pyrrolidine, piperidine and azepanes. Congrats to Lea, Johannes, Levi, & Felix! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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