An Efficient and General Iron‐Catalyzed CC Bond Activation with 1,3‐Dicarbonyl Units as a Leaving Groups

With our compliments: The 1,3-dicarbonyl unit has been shown to be a new and useful leaving group for iron-catalyzed bond cleavage (see scheme). This new strategy can complement the traditional Friedel–Crafts reaction and was applied in the synthesis of indene derivatives.