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McMurry coupling

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Olefination of carbonyls with low-valent titanium such as Ti(0) derived from TiCl3/LiAlH4. A single-electron process.

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Li, J.J. (2014). McMurry coupling. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_160

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