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Revision as of 20:19, 12 April 2011 editCheMoBot (talk | contribs)Bots141,565 edits Updating {{chembox}} (no changed fields - updated 'UNII_Ref', 'StdInChI_Ref', 'StdInChIKey_Ref', 'ChEMBL_Ref', 'KEGG_Ref') per Chem/Drugbox validation (report [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chemica← Previous edit Latest revision as of 23:10, 30 July 2024 edit undoDMacks (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Autopatrolled, Administrators186,375 edits Reactions: BuLi is used as the base not EtMgBr, it's deprotonating at the propargylic position not the alkyne itself (though this would be a novel use worth mentioning if EtMgBr were involved). the only ethyl is EtBr as electrophile. 
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'''Ethylmagnesium bromide''' is a ] with formula C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>MgBr or C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>Mg<sup>+</sup>·Br<sup>&minus;</sup>, namely a ] ion with a ] to an ] ] and an ] to a ] anion. It is widely used in the laboratory synthesis of ]s. '''Ethylmagnesium bromide''' is a ] with formula C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>MgBr. It is widely used in the laboratory synthesis of ]s.


==Reactions== == Reactions ==
Apart from acting as the ] of an ethyl anion ] for ], ethylmagnesium bromide may be used as a strong base to deprotonate various substrates such as ]s:<ref> Apart from acting as the ] of an ethyl anion ] for ], ethylmagnesium bromide may be used as a strong base to deprotonate various substrates such as ]s:<ref>{{OrgSynth | author = Quillinan, A. J. | author2 = Scheinmann, F. | title = 3-Alkyl-1-alkynes Synthesis: 3-Ethyle-1-hexyne | year = 1978 | volume = 58 | pages = 1 | collvol = 6 | collvolpages = 595 | prep = cv6p0595}}</ref><!--double deprotonation of hexyne followed by ethylation-->
{{OrgSynth | author = Taniguchi, H.; Mathai, I. M.; Miller, S. I. | title = 1-Phenyl-1,4-Pentadiyne and 1-Phenyl-1,3-Pentadiyne | volume = 50 | pages = 97 | collvol = 6 | collvolpages = 925 | prep = cv6p0925}}
</ref><ref>
{{OrgSynth | author = A. J. Quillinan, A. J.; Scheinmann, F. | title = 3-Alkyl-1-alkynes Synthesis: 3-Ethyle-1-hexyne | volume = 58 | pages = 1 | collvol = 6 | collvolpages = 595 | prep = cv6p0595}}
</ref><!--double deprotonation of hexyne followed by ethylation--><ref>
{{OrgSynth | author = Newman, M. S.; Stalick, W. M. | title = 1-Ethoxy-1-butyne | volume = 57 | pages = 65 | collvol = 6 | collvolpages = 564 | prep = cv6p0564}}</ref><!--ethylation of acetylide-->


:RC≡CH + EtMgBr RC≡CMgBr + ] :RC≡CH + EtMgBr → RC≡CMgBr + ]


In this application, ethylmagnesium bromide has been supplanted by the wide availability of ]s. In this application, ethylmagnesium bromide has been supplanted by the wide availability of ]s.


==Preparation== ==Preparation==
Ethylmagnesium bromide is commercially available, usually as a solution in ] or ]. It may be prepared in the normal manner of ]s &mdash; by reacting ] with ] in ]:<ref>{{OrgSynth | title = Triethyl Carbinol | author = W. W. Moyer and C. S. Marvel | collvol = 2 | collvolpages = 602 | prep = cv2p0602}}</ref> Ethylmagnesium bromide is commercially available, usually as a solution in ] or ]. It may be prepared in the normal manner of ]s &mdash; by reacting ] with ] in ]:<ref>{{ OrgSynth | author = Moyer, W. W. | author2 = Marvel, C. S. | title = Triethyl Carbinol | year = 1931 | volume = 11 | pages = 98 | collvol = 2 | collvolpages = 602 | prep = cv2p0602 }}</ref>


:EtBr + Mg &rarr; EtMgBr :EtBr + Mg EtMgBr


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