New Insights into the Mechanism of the McMurry Reaction

C Villiers, M Ephritikhine

Index: Villiers, Claude; Ephritikhine, Michel Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 1997 , vol. 36, # 21 p. 2380 - 2382

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Abstract

Abstract Not only pinacolate intermediates appear in McMurry reactions of aliphatic ketones R 2 CO (R= Me, Et, iPr) with MCl 4 Li (Hg)(M= Ti, U)[Eq.(1)]. Rather, carbenoid species must also be considered. This conclusion was drawn from an exact analysis of the reaction products as well as control experiments with pinacol derivatives.