title: Iron-catalyzed carbolithiation of alkynes having no heteroatoms.
abstract: Alkyl- and aryllithium compounds were found to add to alkynes having no heteroatoms in the presence of an iron or iron-copper catalyst to give various trisubstituted vinyllithium compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. shirakawa@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: Daiji
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Tsubasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tamio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi