Strontium
Recent Literature
Barbier-type alkylation of esters with alkyl iodides proceeded smoothly at
room temperature in the presence of metallic strontium under argon to afford
the corresponding dialkylated alcohols in good yields.
N. Miyoshi, T. Matsuo, M. Wada, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2005, 4253-4255.