Transformation of carbon-oxygen into carbon-carbon bonds mediated by low-valent nickel species

E Wenkert, EL Michelotti, CS Swindell…

Index: Wenkert, Ernest; Michelotti, Enrique L.; Swindell, Charles S.; Tingoli, Marco Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 25 p. 4894 - 4899

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Abstract

The substitution of alkoxy groups of enol ethers (1-methoxycyclohexenes, 1-methoxy-1- alkenes, and benzofuran) and aryl ethers (methoxynaphthalenes, cresyl methyl ethers, and dimethoxybenzenes) by hydrogen, alkyl groups, and aryl units, through Grignard reactions catalyzed by bis (tripheny1phosphine) nickel dichloride or [1, 3-bis-(diphenylphosphino) propane] nickel dichloride, is described. The stereochemistry of the new reaction is ...