“…Based on a study of kinetic isotope effects, the Cu does not become s-bonded to the a-carbon of the enone in the rate-determining step, as it would in the addition of RÀCu across the double bond. [65] Synthetic considerations: Among the decisions the synthetic chemist must make about organocopper reactions are the copper(i) precursor (CuI, CuBr, CuBr´DMS, CuCN), the active organometallic (RLi, RMgX, RZnX, RNa), the stoichiometry (catalytic Cu, 1:1, 2:1, b 2:1 RLi), the solvent (THF, ether, DMS, dichloromethane), the additive (TMSCl, HMPA, phosphine, Lewis acid), and the dummy ligand (alkynyl, thienyl, hetero, trimethylsilylmethyl), in addition to experimental variables such as cuprate excess, temperature, time, and work-up. [5,6,44] Many of these factors are interrelated, and it is difficult if not impossible to predict with certainty which of the many kinds of organocopper reagents will be optimal for a particular substrate.…”