Tetrahedron

Some uses of mischmetall in organic synthesis

MI Lannou, F Hélion, JL Namy

Index: Lannou, Marie-Isabelle; Helion, Florence; Namy, Jean-Louis Tetrahedron, 2003 , vol. 59, # 52 p. 10551 - 10565

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Citation Number: 46

Abstract

Mischmetall, an alloy of the light lanthanides, has been used in a variety of organic reactions, either as a coreductant in samarium (II)-mediated reactions (Barbier and Grignard- type reactions, pinacolic coupling reactions) or as the promoter of Reformatsky-type reactions. It has been also employed as the starting material for easy syntheses of lanthanide trihalides, the reactivity of which has been explored in Imamoto and Luche– ...