Chemistry Letters, Vol.35, No.3, 314-315, 2006
Reaction of allylic-type diindium compounds with electrophiles
Allylic-type diindium reagents were prepared from 3-bromo-1-iodopropene (1a), 3-bromo-1-iodo-1-phenylpropene (1b), or 2,4-diiodobut-2-en-1-ol (1c) with metallic indium, and their successive coupling with electrophiles was examined. The coupling behavior of the diindium reagents was found to depend on the electrophiles and the substituent on the diindium compounds.