Preparation of Highly Reactive Metal Powders. A New Procedure for the Preparation of Highly Reactive Zinc and Magnesium Metal Powders

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00334a056

Highly reactive zinc and magnesium metal powders can be prepared by the lithium reduction of the corresponding metal salt with a catalytic amount of naphthalene as an electron carrier.Applications to the Reformatsky reaction, the Grignard reaction, and cyclopropanation (with dibromomethane) are described.