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Mechanism of the Grignard Adddition Reaction. XVI. Homolytic and Concerted Mechanisms in the Reaction of α,β-Unsatureted Carbonyl Compounds with Grignard Reagents
Holm, Torkil
, p. 925 - 929 (2007/10/02)
Kinetic measurements have shown that the addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds takes place either by a concerted mechanism or by a homolytic mechanism.Phenylmagnesium bromide, which is incapable of homolysis, reacts rapidly in a 1,4-fashion if an s-cis conformation exists between the C=C and the C=O bonds, but only 1,2-addition takes place if the conformation is s-trans.tert-Butylmagnesium bromide is unsuited to the concerted reaction, but 1,4-addition takes place via homolysis.Primary and secondary Grignard reagents, like phenyl, react rapidly in a concerted manner with s-cis substrates, but unlike phenyl, these Grignard reagents may, with s-trans substrates, produce some 1,4-adduct via the homolytic mechanism.
