From Grignard reagents

Another feature of the Pd—C bonds is the excellent functional group tolerance. They are inert to many functional groups, except alkenes and alkynes and iodides and bromides attached to sp carbons, and not sensitive to H2O, ROH, and even RCO H. In this sense, they are very different from Grignard reagents, which react with carbonyl groups and are easily protonated. 

The 1-alkyl-diaziridines can easily be hydrolyzed to alkyl hydrazines. Hence alkyl hydrazines are easily available from Grignard reagents and thus from alkyl halides. The three last examples of Table XII show the yield of alkyl hydrazine calculated on the diazirine used. The reaction has preparative interest because the alkylation of hydrazine with alkyl halides only gives monoalkyl hydrazines in exceptional cases. ... 

The formation of halogenation products from Grignard reagents and sulfonic acid anhydrides is the result of an oxidative reaction pathway . This side-reaction can be reduced by using sulfonic acid esters, however, in these cases alkylations as well as twofold sulfonylations (cf. corresponding results with sulfonyl fluorides ) are competing (equations 64 and 65). 

Aldehydes can also be obtained from Grignard reagents by reaction with formamides, such as A-formylpiperidine. In this case, the initial adducts are stable and the aldehyde is not formed until hydrolysis during workup. 

Organocadmium compounds can be prepared from Grignard reagents or organo-lithium compounds by reaction with Cd(II) salts.180 They can also be prepared directly from alkyl, benzyl, and aryl halides by reaction with highly reactive cadmium metal generated by reduction of Cd(II) salts.181... 

Organocopper reagents can also be prepared from Grignard reagents, which are generated and used in situ by adding a Cu(I) salt, typically the bromide, iodide, or cyanide. 

A high level of activity continues in connection with the synthesis of antimalarial artemisinin analogues and congeners, in which the 1,2-dioxepane moiety is embedded. Recent examples include the syntheses of various 10-substituted deoxoartemisinins of type 123 (eg. R1 = Cl COMe) from dihydroartemisinin acetate, and of type 124 (eg. R2 = a-OH, R3 = Me), from Grignard reagent addition to 10-(2-oxoethyl)deoxoartemisinin . 

Chlorodialkylphosphines from Grignard reagents and phosphorus trichloride, 48, SO... 

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