Organomagnesium halide RMgX (X = Cl, Br, I) prepared by direct insertion of Mg(0) into an alkyl or aryl halide in dry ether. In solution exists as a Schlenk equilibrium: 2 RMgX ⇌ R₂Mg + MgX₂, solvated by two ether oxygens on Mg. The…
Organomagnesium halide RMgX (X = Cl, Br, I) prepared by direct insertion of Mg(0) into an alkyl or aryl halide in dry ether. In solution exists as a Schlenk equilibrium: 2 RMgX ⇌ R₂Mg + MgX₂, solvated by two ether oxygens on Mg. The…