Jp. Wang et M. Pomerantz, HALOGEN EXCHANGE BETWEEN ARYL GRIGNARD-REAGENTS AND ARYL HALIDES IN THE PRESENCE OF NICKEL(II) CHLORIDE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(15), 1995, pp. 2571-2574
A unique halogen exchange reaction between aryl Grignard reagents and
aryl halides, which occurred during an attempted cross-coupling reacti
on using non-ligated nickel(II) chloride as a catalyst, has been obser
ved. The halogen exchange takes place between arylmagnesium iodides an
d aryl bromides but not between arylmagnesium bromides and aryl chlori
des.