1,n-Heterobimetallic Reagents of Zinc and Copper: A New Class of Multicoupling Reagents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00015a003

Various primary 1,n-diiodides (n=4-6) were converted to 1,n-heterobimetallics of zinc and copper by insertion of zinc followed by a transmetallation with CuCN*2LiCl.These new reagents react with high selectivity with two different electrophiles E¹ and E² affording highly polyfunctional molecules of type 6 in good yields.