Chloroalkanes refined: A simple catalyst system renders the palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction of functionalized alkyl chlorides and Grignard reagents at room temperature (see example in scheme; PCy3=tricyclohexylphosphane, NMP=N-methylpyrrolidinone).
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Frisch et al. (2002) studied this question.