Donald Cram reacted various aldehydes with these compounds to formulate his
Donald Cram reacted various aldehydes with these compounds to formulate his namesake rule of asymmetric induction. In the first step of the Ivanov reaction, a carboxylic acid is reacted with two of these compounds to form an unusual carboxylate. Storing these compounds in dioxane or pyridine forces it to undergo a redistribution reaction characterized as the Schlenk equilibrium. Two equivalents of this reagent are needed to reduce an ester to a tertiary alcohol. Reacting formaldehyde with one of them forms a primary alcohol. For 10 points, name these compounds formed when a magnesium atom is inserted into a carbon bromine bond.
Donald Cram reacted various aldehydes with these compounds to formulate his namesake rule of asymmetric induction.
Grignard reagents [prompt on organometallic compounds]