Ws. Lu et al., Organometallic reactions in aqueous media. Indium-mediated 1,3-butadien-2-ylation of carbonyl compounds, ORG LETT, 2(22), 2000, pp. 3469-3471
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Indium mediated coupling of 1,4 dibromo-2-butyne with carbonyl compounds in
aqueous media gave good yields of the 1,3-butadien-2-ylmethanols.