A new, simple, efficient electrosynthesis of functionalized benzylic zinc species and their reactivity toward aromatic aldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)77267-4

Various stable substituted benzylic zincs are formed in acetonitrile upon reaction of the bromide derivatives, in good yields, using a catalytic electrogenerated zinc species associated with massive zinc. In the presence of chlorotrimethylsilone, these or