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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
The addition of organometallic reagents to carbonyl compounds has become a versatile method for synthesizing tertiary and secondary alcohols via carbon-carbon bond formation. However, due to the lack of good nucleophilicity or the presence of strong basicity of organometallic reagents, the efficient synthesis of tertiary alcohols from ketones has been particularly difficult and, thus, limited. We recently developed highly efficient catalytic alkylation and arylation reactions to ketones with Grignard reagents (RMgX: R = alkyl, aryl; X = Cl, Br, I) using ZnCl(2), Me(3)SiCH(2)MgCl, and LiCl, which effectively minimize problematic side reactions. In principle, RMgBr and RMgI are less reactive than RMgCl for the addition to carbonyl compounds. Therefore, this novel method with homogeneous catalytic ZnCl(2) x Me(3)SiCH(2)MgCl x LiCl is quite attractive, since RMgBr and RMgI, which are easily prepared and/or commercially available, like RMgCl, can be applied successfully. As well as ketones and aldehydes, aldimines were effectively applied to this catalysis, and the corresponding secondary amines were obtained in high yield. With regard to mechanistic details concerning beta-silyl effect and salt effect, in situ-prepared [R(Me(3)SiCH(2))(2)Zn](-)[Li](+)[MgX(2)](m)[LiCl](n) (X = Cl/Br/I) is speculated to be a key catalytic reagent to promote the reaction effectively. The simplicity of this reliable ZnCl(2) x Me(3)SiCH(2)MgCl x LiCl system in the addition of Grignard reagents to carbonyl compounds might be attractive for industrial as well as academic applications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1520-6904
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5008-16
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Zinc(II)-catalyzed addition of Grignard reagents to ketones.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article