Insights into the Mechanism of the Negishi Reaction:  ZnRX versus ZnR<sub>2</sub>Reagents

Juan Á. Casares, Pablo Espinet, B. Fuentes, Gorka Salas

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 100 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The observation that their transmetalations with trans -[PdRfCl(PPh 3 ) 2 ] (Rf = fluoroaryl) give stereoselectively a different isomer of [PdRfMe(PPh 3 ) 2 ] suggests that Negishi reactions with ZnRX or ZnR 2 could show very different evolutions.

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