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cross-coupling; cyclopropanes; Grignard reagents; iron; propargylic substitution
Abstract:
1-Alkynylcyclopropyl tosylates react with alkylmagnesium halides in the presence of catalytic ferric acetylacetonate [Fe(acac)3] under net propargylic substitution; allene formation, which is the prevalent reactivity mode of propargylic substrates otherwise, was noticed as a side reaction only when branched alkyl- or aryl-Grignard reagents were used. These transformations represent the first successful iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of tert-alkyl electrophiles.