Patent ID: 9353130
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: C07C,C07F,C08G,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A process for activating zinc metal, comprising: providing zinc metal in a medium polarity solvent having a low nucleophilicity; and reacting said zinc metal with a halogen and a lithium compound selected from lithium halides and lithium pseudohalides, thereby activating said zinc metal, wherein the medium polarity solvent having low nucleophilicity is selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, any other symmetric or asymmetric, cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted dialkylether, dichloromethane, and ethyl acetate, with the proviso that the solvent chosen must not react with or interfere in an unwanted manner with any subsequent reagent or chemical process.