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Carbanion chemistry represents an integral part of organic synthesis [1]. Not only simple Grignard- and alkyllithium compounds are useful in C—C bond formation, but also a host of heteroatom-substituted and resonancestabilized species generated by such classical methods as halogen-metal exchange or deprotonation of CH-acidic organic compounds. Countless examples of addition reactions of carbonyl compounds (Grignard- and aldol-type), Michael additions, substitution processes involving alkyl halides or sulfonates as well as Wittig-like olefinations have been reported.
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Reetz, M.T. (1986). Introduction. In: Organotitanium Reagents in Organic Synthesis. Reactivity and Structure: Concepts in Organic Chemistry, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70704-9_1
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