
%0 Journal Article
%A Harrowfield, Jack M. 
%A Hart, Reinhold J. 
%A Whitaker, Claire R. 
%T <emph type="2">Short Communication</emph>: Magnesium and Aromatics: Mechanically-Induced Grignard and McMurry Reactions
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2001/12/19
%V 54
%N 7
%P 423-425
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH01166
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH01166 
%X Mechanically induced reactions of magnesium with halonaphthalenes, under solvent-free conditions, provide the corresponding Grignard reagents in good yields. The use of excess Mg to obtain a solid (powder) product, however, means that quenching reactions using aromatic ketones involve some contribution from McMurry coupling of these species, in addition to alcohol formation by the true quenching process. 
