Magnesium-Mediated Cross-Electrophile Couplings of Aryl 2‑Pyridyl Esters with Aryl Bromides for Ketone Synthesis through in Situ Formed Arylmagnesium Intermediates

Xiao-Wei Han, Yuan He, Chao Gui, Xue-Qiang Chu, Xue-Fei Zhao,* Xu-Hong Hu, Xiaocong Zhou,* Weidong Rao, and Zhi-Liang Shen*

The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2024, 89, 13661–13668.