Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Disodium tetracarbonylferrate is the chemical compound with the formula Na2[Fe(CO)4]. This oxygen-sensitive colourless solid is employed in organic synthesis mainly to synthesise aldehydes. It is commonly used with dioxane complexed to the sodium cation this dioxane solvate being known as Collman’s reagent. The tetracarbonylferrate dianion is tetrahedral.
