A series of phenylmagnesium bromides with intramolecularly coordinating substitents CH 2 -(OCH 2 CH 2 ) n OCH 3 at one [n=0-4] or both [n=1,2] ortho positions has been investigated. The pure Grignard reagents were obtained from the exchange reaction of corresponding arylmercury bromides with magnesium, since their synthesis from analogous bromides and magnesium was accompanied by extensive ether cleavage in the substituents if n>1

Intramolecular coordination in phenylmagnesium bromides can induce higher coordination states, leading to more stable compounds with higher coordination numbers.

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Induction of higher coordination states in phenyl Grignard reagents by intramolecular coordination. Crystal structures of O-CH2(OCH2CH2)*OCH3-substituted phenylmagnesium bromides (n = 0-3)

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Induction of higher coordination states in phenyl Grignard reagents by intramolecular coordination. Crystal structures of O-CH2(OCH2CH2)*OCH3-substituted phenylmagnesium bromides (n = 0-3)

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