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Ligand Exchange in Mixed Organocuprate(I) π‑Complexes
journal contribution
posted on 2012-11-26, 00:00 authored by Steven H. Bertz, Kelsey L. Browder, Richard A. Hardin, Michael
D. Murphy, Craig A. Ogle, Andy A. Thomasπ-Complexes of mixed organocuprate(I) reagents
with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds can undergo ligand
exchange to give the corresponding homocuprate–olefin π-complexes.
The mechanism of this metathesis, which has profound implications
for synthetic applications, involves a second-order reaction of the
mixed cuprate with the mixed cuprate–olefin π-complex.