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Electrosynthesis of functionalized organodizinc compounds from aromatic dihalides via a cobalt catalysis in acetonitrile/pyridine as solvent

H Fillon, C Gosmini, JY Nédélec, J Périchon

Index: Fillon, Hyacinthe; Gosmini, Corinne; Nedelec, Jean-Yves; Perichon, Jacques Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 23 p. 3843 - 3846

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Abstract

Electroreduction of aryl-dichlorides or-dibromides in an electrochemical cell fitted with a sacrificial zinc anode and in the presence of cobalt halides as catalyst in acetonitrile/pyridine as solvent affords the corresponding organodizinc species in moderate to excellent yields with high selectivity.