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Copper catalyzed conjugate addition of highly functionalized arylmagnesium compounds to enones

G Varchi, A Ricci, G Cahiez, P Knochel

Index: Varchi, Greta; Ricci, Alfredo; Cahiez, Gerard; Knochel, Paul Tetrahedron, 2000 , vol. 56, # 18 p. 2727 - 2731

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Citation Number: 34

Abstract

Highly functionalized arylmagnesium bromides are readily prepared by an iodine– magnesium exchange reaction. In the presence of catalytic amounts of copper (I) salts and chlorotrimethylsilane, they add to various enones leading to the conjugate addition products in 66–89% yield.