Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Author "Smith, Dennis"
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The investigation of methylmagnesium chloride as a non-nucleophilic base
Gbadebo, Omolola (NUI Galway, 2018-11-30)The use of methylmagnesium chloride (MeMgCl) as a non-nucleophilic base is explored in this thesis. Grignard reagents react in nucleophilic addition reactions with nitriles yielding a ketone upon work-up, but in the ...