Elsevier, Tetrahedron, 8(53), p. 2899-2906
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(97)00023-9
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Reformatsky reagents are found to react with different 1,1-dicyanoalkenes to afford addition products, and the reaction can be conducted more efficiently in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cp2TiCl2. There is strong evidence to support a SET process in the course of Reformatsky reagent formation.