Abstract
Highly functionalized arylmagnesium bromides are readily prepared by an iodine-magnesium exchange reaction. In the presence of catalytic amounts of copper(I) salts and chlorotrimethylsilane, they add to various enones leading to the conjugate addition products in 66-89% yield. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2727-2731 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 28 2000 |
Keywords
- Conjugate addition
- Copper catalysis
- Polyfunctional organomagnesium compounds
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry