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Addition of electrochemically prepared arylzinc species onto activated olefins via a cobalt catalysis

P Gomes, C Gosmini, J Perichon

Index: Gomes, Paulo; Gosmini, Corinne; Perichon, Jacques Synlett, 2002 , # 10 p. 1673 - 1676

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Abstract

Abstract The consumable anode process allows the electrochemical preparation of arylzinc compounds in the presence of cobalt chloride as catalyst in a mixed solvent acetonitrile/pyridine (9: 1). Conjugate addition of these organometallic reagents to olefins is also obtained in good yields via a new method using CoBr 2 (2, 2′-bipyridine) 2 as catalyst.