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SELECTIVE GRIGNARD-TYPE CARBONYL ADDITION OF ALKENYL HALIDES MEDIATED BY CHROMIUM(II) CHLORIDE
Takai, Kazuhiko,Kimura, Keizo,Kuroda, Tooru,Hiyama, Tamejiro,Nozaki, Hitosi
, p. 5281 - 5284 (1983)
Alkenyl (or aryl) iodide (or bromide) is readily reduced with CrCl2 in N,N-dimethylformamide at 25oC to give the corresponding organochromium species which adds selectively to an aldehyde moiety without affecting the coexisting ketone or cyano group of the substrate.
