Actinide complexes aryl oxides

Oxidative addition of organic halides to low-valent metal complexes generates reactive metal alkyls that can then be used in insertion, coupling, carbonylation-decar-bonylation and cyclization reactions for organic synthesis. These transformations can be made catalytic after development of the stoichiometric chemistry using the more stable metal alkyls. This section surveys the reactions of alkyl, aryl and acyl halides with transition metal complexes of the groups IIIA (lanthanides and actinides), IVA-VIII and IB. 

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