K. Kasai et al., ZIRCONOCENE-CATALYZED CYCLOBUTENE FORMATION BY REACTION OF ALKYNYL HALIDES WITH ETMGBR, Chemical communications, (18), 1998, pp. 1989-1990
Zirconium-catalysed reaction of alkynyl halides with EtMgBr produced c
yclobutene derivatives in which two carbon-carbon bonds were formed on
the ethyl moiety of EtMgBr via an ethylene group in a catalytic cycle
.