Ce. Reck et Ch. Winter, SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A DIMAGNESIATED AROMATIC COMPOUND -OLIGOMERIC DERIVATIVES OF 1,4-BIS(CHLOROMAGNESIO)-2,5-DI-TERT-BUTYLBENZENE, Organometallics, 16(20), 1997, pp. 4493-4496
The synthesis of 1,4-bis(chloromagnesio)-2,5-di-tert-butylbenzene was
conducted by treating 1,4-bis-(chloromercurio)-2,5-di-tert-butylbenzen
e with methylmagnesium chloride. The dimagnesiated compound was charac
terized by hydrolysis, halogenation, and treatment with allyl bromide.
NMR spectra suggest that 1,4-bis(chloromagnesio)-2,5-di-tert-butylben
zene exists as a mixture of oligomers.