CERIUM(III) CHLORIDE AS CATALYTIC AND STOICHIOMETRIC PROMOTER OF THE QUANTITATIVE ADDITION OF ORGANOMETALLIC REAGENTS TO (-CAMPHOR AND (-)-FENCHONE())

Citation
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
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
36
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6713 - 6716
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:36<6713:CCACAS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
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.