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A new, simple, efficient electrosynthesis of functionalized benzylic zinc species and their reactivity toward aromatic aldehydes

…, Y Rollin, C Gebehenne, E Lojou, V Ratovelomanana…

Index: Gosmini; Rollin; Gebehenne; Lojou; Ratovelomanana; Perichon Tetrahedron Letters, 1994 , vol. 35, # 31 p. 5637 - 5640

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Abstract

Abstract Various stable substituted benzylic zincs are formed in acetonitrile upon reaction of the bromide derivatives, in good yields, using a catalytic electrogenerated zinc species associated with massive zinc. In the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane, these organozincs react instantaneously with functionalized aromatic aldehydes.