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. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.