METHYLMAGNESIUM IODIDE

Chemical Properties

Uses

• To prepare cis-1,2-dialkylcyclopropanols by treating with titanium(IV) alkoxide and carboxylic esters.
• In stereospecific Ni catalyzed Kumada cross-coupling reactions of benzylic ethers.
• To prepare 2,4-disubstituted selenochromenes by reacting with 1-benzoselenopyrylium salts.
• In one of the key synthetic steps for the preparation of 7β-methyl-substituted 5-androstene derivatives from 3β-acetoxyandrost-5-en-17-one stereoselectively.

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