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Various stable substituted benzylic zincs are formed in acetonitrile u
pon reaction of the bromide derivatives, in good yields, using a catal
ytic electrogenerated zinc species associated with massive zinc. In th
e presence of chloronimethylsilane, these organozincs react instantane
ously with functionalized aromatic aldehydes.