Use ofcerium(III) chloride in the reactions of carbonyl compounds with organolithiums or Grignard reagents for the suppression of abnormal reactions:1-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthol
Organic SynthesesOrganometallic addition

A checked procedure from Organic Syntheses, the journal whose preparations are repeated in a second laboratory before publication. The full experimental, with amounts, hazards and characterisation data, is on orgsyn.org.
Reagents
The compound this preparation makes is not in the catalogue, so no reagents or figures are listed here.
Named reactions in this procedure
More organometallic addition reactions
- Aldehydes from 4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazoline and Grignard reagents: o-anisaldehyde
- Cross-Coupling of Alkenyl/Aryl Carboxylates with Grignard Reagents via Fe-Catalyzed C-O Bond Activation
- Formyl transfer to Grignard reagents with N-formylpiperidine: 3-phenylpropionaldehyde
- Highly reactive magnesium for the preparation of Grignard reagents: 1-norbornanecarboxylic acid
- Iron-Catalyzed Selective Conjugate Addition of Aryl Grignard Reagents to 2,4-Alkadienoates: tert-Butyl (Z)-5-Phenyl-3-hexenoate
- Ketones from carboxylic acids and Grignard reagents: methyl 6-oxodecanoate