title: Addition of Carbon-Fluorine Bonds to a Mg(I)-Mg(I) Bond: An Equivalent of Grignard Formation in Solution.
abstract: Addition of the carbon-fluorine bond of a series of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated arenes across the Mg-Mg bond of a simple coordination complex proceeds rapidly in solution. The reaction results in the formation of a new carbon-magnesium bond and a new fluorine-magnesium bond and is analogous to Grignard formation in homogeneous solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London , South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bakewell
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London , South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew J P
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London , South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Crimmin