Bench-Stable Stock Solutions of Silicon Grignard Reagents: Application to Iron- and Cobalt-Catalyzed Radical C(sp3)-Si Cross-Coupling Reactions was written by Xue, Weichao;Shishido, Ryosuke;Oestreich, Martin. And the article was included in Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in 2018.SDS of cas: 14425-64-0 This article mentions the following:
A robust method for the preparation of silicon-based magnesium reagents is reported. The MgBr2 used in the lithium-to-magnesium transmetalation step is generated in situ from 1,2-dibromoethane and elemental magnesium in hot THF. No precipitation of MgBr2 occurs in the heat, and transmetalation at elevated temperature leads to homogeneous stock solutions of the silicon Grignard reagents that are stable and storable in the fridge. This method avoids the preparation of silicon pronucleophiles such as Si-Si and Si-B reagents. The new Grignard reagents were applied to unprecedented iron- and cobalt-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of unactivated alkyl bromides. The functional-group tolerance of these magnesium reagents is excellent. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 1-(2-Bromoethyl)-4-methoxybenzene (cas: 14425-64-0SDS of cas: 14425-64-0).
1-(2-Bromoethyl)-4-methoxybenzene (cas: 14425-64-0) belongs to organobromine compounds. Bromine is more electronegative than carbon (2.9 vs 2.5). Consequently, the carbon in a carbon–bromine bond is electrophilic, i.e. alkyl bromides are alkylating agents. The reactivity of organobromine compounds resembles but is intermediate between the reactivity of organochlorine and organoiodine compounds. For many applications, organobromides represent a compromise of reactivity and cost.SDS of cas: 14425-64-0
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