A dimeric magnesium(I) compound as a facile two-center/two-electron reductant.

作者信息

Bonyhady Simon J, Green Shaun P, Jones Cameron, Nembenna Sharanappa, Stasch Andreas

机构信息

School of Chemistry, Monash University, PO Box 23, VIC, 3800, Australia.

出版信息

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(16):2973-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.200900331.

The odd couple: A dimeric magnesium(I) complex acts as a facile and selective two-center/two-electron reductant towards a series of unsaturated substrates (see scheme; Ar = 2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3), Ad = 1-adamantyl). The novel reduced or reductively coupled products obtained from these reductions suggest that magnesium(I) compounds may find wide use in organic and organometallic syntheses.