Ethylmagnesium bromide

Ethylmagnesium bromide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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ECHA InfoCard 100.011.935
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  • InChI=1S/C2H5.BrH.Mg/c1-2;;/h1H2,2H3;1H;/q;;+1/p-1 Y
    Key: TWTWFMUQSOFTRN-UHFFFAOYSA-M Y
  • InChI=1/C2H5.BrH.Mg/c1-2;;/h1H2,2H3;1H;/q;;+1/p-1/rC2H5BrMg/c1-2-4-3/h2H2,1H3
    Key: TWTWFMUQSOFTRN-QJSJVVHYAJ
  • Br[Mg]CC
Properties
CH3CH2MgBr
Molar mass 133.271 g·mol−1
Hazards
Safety data sheet (SDS) Oxford MSDS
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Infobox references

Ethylmagnesium bromide is a Grignard reagent with formula CH3CH2MgBr, often abbreviated to EtMgBr, where Et is ethyl group. It is widely used in the laboratory synthesis of organic compounds.

Reactions

Apart from acting as the synthetic equivalent of an ethyl anion synthon for nucleophilic addition, ethylmagnesium bromide may be used as a strong base to deprotonate various substrates such as alkynes:[1]

RC≡CH + EtMgBr → RC≡CMgBr + EtH

In this application, ethylmagnesium bromide has been supplanted by the wide availability of organolithium reagents.

Preparation

Ethylmagnesium bromide is commercially available, usually as a solution in diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran. It may be prepared in the normal manner of Grignard reagents — by reacting bromoethane with magnesium in diethyl ether:[2]

EtBr + Mg → EtMgBr

References

  1. ^ Quillinan, A. J.; Scheinmann, F. (1978). "3-Alkyl-1-alkynes Synthesis: 3-Ethyle-1-hexyne". Organic Syntheses. 58: 1; Collected Volumes, vol. 6, p. 595.
  2. ^ Moyer, W. W.; Marvel, C. S. (1931). "Triethyl Carbinol". Organic Syntheses. 11: 98; Collected Volumes, vol. 2, p. 602.
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