The evaluation of dicyclopentadienylsamarium as a reagent in organic synthesis

JL Namy, J Collin, J Zhang, HB Kagan

Index: Namy, J. L.; Collin, J.; Zhang, J.; Kagan, H. B. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1987 , vol. 328, p. 81 - 86

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Abstract

Abstract SmCp 2, which is easily prepared from SmI 2, has been screened as a reducing agent for organic chemistry. In particular, SmCp 2 promotes the pseudo-Barbier reaction between carbonyl compounds (aldehydes and ketones) and aliphatic or allylic halides more efficiently than does SmI 2.