Zirconocene-catalysed cyclobutene formation by reaction of alkynyl halides with EtMgBr

Abstract

Zirconium-catalysed reaction of alkynyl halides with EtMgBr produced cyclobutene derivatives in which two carbon–carbon bonds were formed on the ethyl moiety of EtMgBr via an ethylene group in a catalytic cycle.

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