The preparation of phenylmagnesium chloride

Continuous synthesis of organomagnesium compounds

“…Continuous synthesis of phenylmagnesium chloride from chlorobenzene (PhCl) and granulated magnesium in an apparatus described above was performed in toluene or xylene in the presence of an n-donor solvent. As such solvent we chose THF, because preliminary studies and published data [25] show that, in the presence of diethyl ether, chlorobenzene reacts with magnesium diffi cultly.…”