REFORMATSKY INTERMEDIATE. A C-METALLED SPECIES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)87750-3

¹³C-NMR and ¹H-NMR spectra of the Reformatsky reagent from t-butylbromoacetate, evidence a C-metalled species: within the limits of detectability of the methods, no O-metallated species can be detected in solution.