Tetrahedron Letters

Site-selective mono-oxidative addition of active zinc into carbon–bromine bond of dibrominated-thiophenes: preparation of thienylzinc reagents and their applications

HS Jung, HH Cho, SH Kim

Index: Jung, Hye-Soo; Cho, Hyun-Hee; Kim, Seung-Hoi Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 8 p. 960 - 964

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Abstract

A facile protocol for the preparation of 3-bromo-2-thienylzinc bromide A and 5-bromo-2- thienylzinc bromide B has been developed. It has been successfully accomplished by a site- selective oxidative addition of active zinc into a chemically pseudo-equivalent or equivalent