Reformatsky reaction

Definition: A carbon-carbon coupling reaction where an aldehyde or amine reacts with a alpha-halo ester and zinc to form a beta-hydroxy ester.

ID: RXNO:0000036

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Catalytic enantioselective Reformatsky reaction with ketones
M. Ángeles Fernández-Ibáñez, Beatriz Maciá, Adriaan J. Minnaard and Ben L. Feringa, Chem. Commun., 2008 , 2571
DOI: 10.1039/b801749b

Me₂Zn mediated, tert-butylhydroperoxide promoted, catalytic enantioselective Reformatsky reaction with aldehydes
Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Fides Benfatti, Montse Guiteras Capdevila and Alessandro Mignogna, Chem. Commun., 2008 , 3317
DOI: 10.1039/b805197f

Chemistry and structural determination of botcinolides, botcinins, and botcinic acids
Isamu Shiina and Hiroki Fukui, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 385
DOI: 10.1039/b814375g

Me₂Zn as a radical source in Reformatsky-type reactions
Elisabetta Mileo, Fides Benfatti, Pier Giorgio Cozzi and Marco Lucarini, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 469
DOI: 10.1039/b818437b

Enantiopure sulfoxides: recent applications in asymmetric synthesis
M. Carmen Carreño, Gloria Hernández-Torres, María Ribagorda and Antonio Urbano, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 6129
DOI: 10.1039/b908043k