TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnesium anthracene
T2 - An alternative to magnesium in the high yield synthesis of Grignard reagents
AU - Raston, Colin L.
AU - Salem, Geoffrey
PY - 1984/12/15
Y1 - 1984/12/15
N2 - Benzylic type di-Grignard reagents (2)-(5) and the mono-Grignard reagent (6) have been prepared by treating the appropriate organic chloride, for (2)-(6), or bromide, for (3) and (4), with magnesium anthracene in tetrahydrofuran in yields of, respectively, 92-96%, and 60 and 84%.
AB - Benzylic type di-Grignard reagents (2)-(5) and the mono-Grignard reagent (6) have been prepared by treating the appropriate organic chloride, for (2)-(6), or bromide, for (3) and (4), with magnesium anthracene in tetrahydrofuran in yields of, respectively, 92-96%, and 60 and 84%.
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U2 - 10.1039/C39840001702
DO - 10.1039/C39840001702
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37049102330
SP - 1702
EP - 1703
JO - Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
JF - Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
SN - 0022-4936
IS - 24
ER -