| Abstract: | The formation of the high‐valent iron complex Fe(cyclohexyl)4] from FeII under reducing conditions is best explained by disproportionation of a transient organoiron intermediate which is driven by dispersive forces between the cyclohexyl ligands and the formation of short and strong Fe−C bonds. The (meta)stability of this diamagnetic complex (S=0) is striking if one considers that it has empty d‐orbitals at its disposal and contains, at the same time, no less than twenty H‐atoms available for either α‐ or β‐hydride elimination. |
