New progress in the cobalt-catalysed synthesis of aromatic organozinc compounds by reduction of aromatic halides by zinc dust

✍ Scribed by Igor Kazmierski; Corinne Gosmini; Jean-Marc Paris; Jacques Périchon

• Book ID: 104254199
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 113 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(03)01595-8

✦ Synopsis

The experimental conditions of the cobalt-catalysed synthesis of aromatic organozinc species from the corresponding bromides have been optimised. The preparation of numerous aromatic organozinc reagents under these optimised conditions is reported, with yields between 67 and 99%.