V. Dimitrov et al., CERIUM(III) CHLORIDE AS CATALYTIC AND STOICHIOMETRIC PROMOTER OF THE QUANTITATIVE ADDITION OF ORGANOMETALLIC REAGENTS TO (-CAMPHOR AND (-)-FENCHONE()), Tetrahedron letters, 35(36), 1994, pp. 6713-6716
Quantitative addition of organolithium and Grignard reagents to campho
r (1) and fenchone (2) proceeds via precomplexation of the ketone with
CeCl3 at room temperature. Excellent addition using catalytic or subs
toichiometric amounts of CeCl3 is demonstrated for the first time.