tert-Butylmagnesium chloride is a Grignard reagent used in organic synthesis. It is also involved in copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with primary-alkyl halides.
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Applications
tert-Butylmagnesium chloride is a Grignard reagent used in organic synthesis. It is also involved in copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with primary-alkyl halides.
Solubility
Miscible with alcohol and water.
Notes
Air and moisture sensitive. Incompatible with oxidizing agents and bases.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Kerr, W. J.; Lindsay, D. M.; Patel, V. K.; Rajamanickam, M. Efficient methods for enol phosphate synthesis using carbon-centred magnesium bases. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13 (40), 10131-10135.
- Kamo, S.; Maruo, S.; Kuramochi, K.; Tsubaki, K. Synthesis of enantiomerically pure juglomycin C and NHAB. Tetrahedron 2015, 71 (21), 3478-3484.