Tetrahedron

New organocopper reagents prepared utilizing highly reactive copper

RD Rieke, RM Wehmeyer, TC Wu, GW Ebert

Index: Rieke, Reuben D.; Wehmeyer, Richard M.; Wu, Tse-Chong; Ebert, Greg W. Tetrahedron, 1989 ,  vol. 45,  # 2  p. 443 - 454

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Abstract

Highly reactive copper solutions have been prepared by the lithium naphthalide reduction of copper (I) iodide/trialkylphosphine complexes. These activated copper solutions will react with organic halides under very mild conditions to form stable organocopper reagents. ...