Electrochemical conversion of functionalised aryl chlorides and bromides to arylzinc species

S Sibille, V Ratovelomanana, J Périchon

Index: Sibille, Soline; Ratovelomanana, Victorin; Perichon, Jacques Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1992 , # 3 p. 283 - 284

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Abstract

Recent work132 has dealt with the direct synthesis of function- alised arylzinc halides from zinc metal and aryl halides. Owing to the low reactivity of zinc in oxidative addition, only activated aryl iodides or bromides could be involved in such reactions. Metathesis with copper cyanide in stoichiometric amounts enabled coupling with a,P-enones, acid chlorides or allylic halides. We report herein a simple electrolysis procedure, using a nickel catalyst and a ...