Functionalized benzylic magnesium reagents through a sulfur-magnesium exchange

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 606-609

  Stoll, Armin H ^a   Krasovskiy, Arkady ^a   Knochel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzylic organometallic compounds; Cross coupling; Fragmentation; Grignard reaction; Organocopper compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZYLIC ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; CROSS-COUPLING; FRAGMENTATION; GRIGNARD REACTION; ORGANOCOPPER COMPOUNDS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; ETHERS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; MAGNESIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFUR;

EID: 31044434751     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501882     Document Type: Article

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