General Characteristics In the Reformatsky reaction, the enolates formed from α-haloesters and zinc metal add to aldehydes and ketones. Zinc enolates are less basic, less reactive, and thus more ...
General Characteristics In the Reformatsky reaction, the enolates formed from α-haloesters and zinc metal add to aldehydes and ketones. Zinc enolates are less basic, less reactive, and thus more ...