Iron-catalyzed carbolithiation of alkynes having no heteroatoms?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2009-02-19 DOI: 10.1039/B900345B

Abstract

Alkyl- and aryllithium compoundswere found to add to alkynes having no heteroatoms in the presence of an iron or iron窶田opper catalyst to give various trisubstituted vinyllithium compounds.

Graphical abstract: Iron-catalyzed carbolithiation of alkynes having no heteroatoms
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