Alkyl halides reactions with organocopper reagents

In this chapter, the substitution reactions of organometallic reagents with organic halides and related electrophiles are reviewed. - The major portion of the chapter is devoted to a discussion of organocopper compounds, which first transformed the alkylation of nonstabilized carbanions into a reaction of general synthetic utility. More recently, transition metals other than copper have also found widespread application in such coupling reactions, and developments in this area are outlined in Section 1.5.3. 

Alkenes with perfluoroalkyl substituents have been prepared by the reaction of perfluoroalkyl iodides with terminal alkynes in the presence of ultrasonically dispersed zinc and Cul. A general procedure for the formation of organocopper reagents from alkyl and aryl halides and lithium metal in the presence of Cul or l-pentynylcopper(I) under ultrasonic irradiation has also been described. ... 

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