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Short Communication: Magnesium and Aromatics: Mechanically-Induced Grignard and McMurry Reactions

Jack M. Harrowfield, Reinhold J. Hart and Claire R. Whitaker

Australian Journal of Chemistry 54(7) 423 - 425
Published: 19 December 2001

Abstract

Mechanically induced reactions of magnesium with halonaphthalenes, under solvent-free conditions, provide the corresponding Grignard reagents in good yields. The use of excess Mg to obtain a solid (powder) product, however, means that quenching reactions using aromatic ketones involve some contribution from McMurry coupling of these species, in addition to alcohol formation by the true quenching process.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH01166

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