Lithium tri-tert-butylzincate as a chemoselective metallating reagent for functionalized organic halides

Abstract

Chemoselective metallation of functionalized organic halides has been performed under mild reaction conditions using a halogen–zinc exchange with lithium tri-tert-butylzincate and subsequent transformation of the zincates has been investigated.

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