Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement to alkynes from gem-dihaloalkenes with lanthanum metal

R Umeda, T Yuasa, N Anahara, Y Nishiyama

Index: Umeda, Rui; Yuasa, Takumi; Anahara, Namika; Nishiyama, Yutaka Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 696, # 9 p. 1916 - 1919

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Abstract

The first example of the FBW rearrangement using of lanthanum metal and a catalytic amount of iodine was disclosed. When gem-diiodo-and gem-dibromoalkenes were treated with lanthanum metal in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine, the reductive ...