water in hydrogenchloride hydrolysis of Zn(CH2Si(CH3)3)2 in 1 M HCl; calorimetric measurements of reaction enthalpies;

Cl2Ni(1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane); magnesium bromide in diethyl ether T=25°C;

1: bromobenzene With n-butyllithium; zinc(II) chloride in tetrahydrofuran; hexane T=-78 - 20°C; 2: bis(trimethylsilylmethylene) zinc in tetrahydrofuran; hexane T=20°C; 0.5 h; 3: tetrahydrophthalic anhydride With styrene; [2,2']bipyridinyl; bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel (0) in tetrahydrofuran; hexane T=0 - 23°C; 16 h;

in diethyl ether byproducts: MgCl2; (Ar); addn. of ZnCl2 to trimethylsilylmethyl-MgCl soln. at 0°C, 5 d stirring at room temp.; filtration, distn. of solvent, distn.;

in diethyl ether N2-atmosphere; stirring (-30°C, 1 min, to room temp., 40 min, room temp., 48 h); filtering, evapn. (vac.), crystn. (pentane, -35°C, 48 h); elem. anal.;