Generation and reactivities of organocerium reagents

T Imamoto, T Kusumoto, M Yokoyama

Index: Imamoto, Tsuneo; Kusumoto, Tetsuo; Yokoyama, Masataka Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1982 , # 18 p. 1042 - 1044

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

Organocerium reagents, prepared in situ by the treatment of organolithium compounds with cerium (III) iodide, exhibit characteristic reactivities toward ketones; at–65° C, nucleophilic additions give the corresponding tertiary alcohols in excellent yields, while, at 0° C to ca. room temperature, reductive coupling and/or reduction of the ketones prevail.