Pure acetonitrile as solvent for the efficient electrochemical conversion of aryl bromides in organozinc species and their coupling reaction with acetyl chloride

Selective carbon-carbon bond formation via transition metal catalysis. 3. A highly selective synthesis of unsymmetrical biaryls and diarylmethanes by the nickel- or palladium-catalyzed reaction of aryl- and benzylzinc derivatives with aryl halides

Ei‐ichi Negishi, Anthony O. King, Nobuhisa Okukado · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1977 · 890 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +16

Synthesis and reactivity toward acyl chlorides and enones of the new highly functionalized copper reagents RCu(CN)ZnI

Paul Knochel, M.-C.P. Yeh, Scott C. Berk et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1988 · 688 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8

The direct formation of functionalized alkyl(aryl)zinc halides by oxidative addition of highly reactive zinc with organic halides and their reactions with acid chlorides, .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated ketones, and allylic, aryl, and vinyl halides

Lishan Zhu, Richard M. Wehmeyer, Reuben D. Rieke · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 338 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +11

Palladium-catalyzed acylation of organozincs and other organometallics as a convenient route to ketones

Ei‐ichi Negishi, Vhid Bagheri, S. K. Chatterjee et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1983 · 254 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +13

Preparation of highly functionalized magnesium, zinc, and copper aryl and alkenyl organometallics via the corresponding organolithiums

Charles E. Tucker, Tahir Majid, Paul Knochel · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1992 · 158 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +6