Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1986, 51, 1439-1443
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19861439

Facile coupling of alkyl or aryl halogenides with organolithium compounds in the presence of alkoxides of heavier alkali metals

Lubomír Lochmann and Jiří Trekoval

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 162 06 Prague 6

Abstract

Nonactivated alkyl or aryl halogenides readily react with organolithium compounds in the presence of alkoxides of heavy alkaline metals. In the case of organic bromides and iodides, coupling products in the sense of the Wurtz reaction are mainly formed.