RHodium
Ýs the role of diethyl ether (and thf) the same (holding the ions)in a grignard rxn?
I read the mechanisn in vogel several times but I cant remember
EDIT: The pdf file in the post you linked above is a killer! I was mentioning and experimenting the reactiion with Mg turnings and had a great success with high yields (over %90) I tried it with many types of phenols (which were derivated also by me - cleaned by three xtallyzations and looked like 2-3 cm long big white needles
) Reactions were on a max 2 g scale and I can say that its my favorite. But the phenol must be clean.
NOW
Hearing that we can use MgCl2 almost killed me! Poor chemist - me will benefit from this and keep on experimenting with the cheaper salt!
Thanx Rhode long live Science