A new synthetic protocol for the direct preparation of organomanganese reagents; organomanganese tosylates and mesylates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00861-8

A new synthetic route to organomanganese sulfonate reagents has been developed. These useful reagents can be readily prepared via direct oxidative addition of highly reactive manganese to carbon-oxygen bonds of the corresponding tosylates and mesylates under mild conditions.