McMurry reagent

The McMurry reagent reductively couples trifluoroacetophenones to the eorresponding stilbenes [67] (equation 55), and cross-coupling of ketones is also reported [68] (equation 56). 

The McMurry reagent can also be applied for the synthesis of polymers connected by olefmic double bonds... 

M. B. Smith, J. March in March s Advanced Organic Chemistry, 5,h ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2001, p. 1561 T. Laue, A. Plagens, Named Organic Reactions, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1998, pp. 184-187 See McMurry Reagent... 

Stereoselective McMurry coupling. Clive and co-workers1 report that a modified McMurry reagent prepared in DME with C8K and TiCl3 ( 2 1) can effect highly stereoselective coupling of keto aldehydes. Thus the key step in a synthesis... 

The same active species (1, eq. (2)) could be found in the McMurry reagent system where TiCl3 becomes reduced by 0.5 equivalent of L1A1H4 in THF [2f]. Ti°... 

The McMurry reagent preparation step, that is, the reaction of the Ti reagent and Zn-Cu in DME at reflux, is unnecessary for optimum results and is omitted from this procedure. This improvement was introduced by Fiirstner et al. ... 

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