%0 Journal Article %A Tazi, Mehdi %A Hedidi, Madani %A Erb, William %A Halauko, Yury S. %A Ivashkevich, Oleg A. %A Matulis, Vadim E. %A Roisnel, Thierry %A Dorcet, Vincent %A Bentabed-Ababsa, Ghenia %A Mongin, Florence %D 2018 %T Fluoro- and Chloroferrocene: From 2- to 3‑Substituted Derivatives %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Fluoro-_and_Chloroferrocene_From_2-_to_3_Substituted_Derivatives/6798809 %R 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00384.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/12366782 %K 1- fluoro -2-iodo %K 1- chloro -3-iodo ferrocenes %K 1- fluoro -3-iodo %K 1- chloro -2-iodo %K 5- position %X The ferrocene halogen “dance” has been deemed hardly controllable. Here, we describe the first efficient examples of this reaction. Conversion of 1-fluoro-2-iodo (or 1-chloro-2-iodo) to 1-fluoro-3-iodo (or 1-chloro-3-iodo) ferrocenes was ensured by suitably protecting the free 5-position. %I ACS Publications