ORGANOCERIUM REAGENTS FROM IODINE ACTIVATED CERIUM METAL AND ORGANIC IODIDES: THEIR REACTIONS WITH CARBONYL COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(86)82013-7

Cerium metal activated by a trace of iodine reacted smoothly with alkyl, allyl, and aryl iodides to give the corresponding organocerium reagents.The reaction of the organocerium reagents thus prepared in situ with carbonyl compounds gave not only Grignard-type adducts but also reduction and reductive coupling products.