Alkenyl Magnesium Compounds: Generation and Synthetic Application

Alkenyl magnesium compounds have received much attention in synthetic organic chemistry because of their high reactivity. This review summarizes three types of alkenyl magnesium compounds which contain at least one [Mg-C=C] fragment, for example, (1) alkenyl Grignard reagents prepared by halogen-magnesium exchange reaction; (2) alkenyl magnesium carbenoids prepared by halogen-magnesium exchange reaction or sulfoxide-magnesium exchange reaction; (3) magnesacarbocycles containing at least one alkenyl magnesium bond prepared from Zr- or Ti-catalyzed cyclomagnesation or transmetalation, as well as their further reactions and applications.