Preparation of polyfunctional arylmagnesium, arylzinc, and benzylic zinc reagents by using magnesium in the presence of LiCl

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 7192-7202

  Piller, Fabian M ^a   Metzger, Albrecht ^a   Schade, Matthias A ^a   Haag, Benjamin A ^a   Gavryushin, Andrei ^a   Knochel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grignard reaction; Heterocycles; Insertion; Regioselectivity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BENZYLIC; CARBON-BROMINE BONDS; COMPETITIVE REDUCTION; CYANO GROUPS; ETHYL ESTERS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRIGNARD REACTION; HETEROCYCLES; IN-SITU TRAPPING; INSERTION; LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MAGNESIUM REAGENTS; METALATION; ORGANIC HALIDES; REGIO-SELECTIVE; ZINC INSERTION; ZINC REAGENTS;

BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MAGNESIUM; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ZINC;

EID: 67650601656     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900575     Document Type: Article

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