A small quantity of the title compound, C(8)H(20)N(2) (2+)·2Br(-), was formed as a by-product in a reaction between a diamine and an alkyl bromide. The asymmetric unit contains half of a centrosymmetric dication and a bromide anion. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds consolidate the crystal packing.

In the title compound, C(19)H(34)N(+)·Br(-)·H(2)O, the dihedral angle between the trans-planar alkyl side chain and the pyridinium ring is 52.73 (7)°. In the crystal structure, O-H⋯Br, C-H⋯Br and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form a network, while the hydro-phobic alkyl chains inter-digitate, forming bilayers.

The title compound, C(21)H(21)ClP(+)Br(-), is the bromide salt of a mixed aryl-alkyl phospho-nium cation. C-P-C angles span a range of 107.20 (10)-111.18 (10)°. The non-H atoms of the 3-chloro-propyl group adopt a staggered conformation [C-C-C-Cl torsion angle: -72.0 (3)°]. In the crystal, C-H⋯Br contacts connect the entities of the title compound into a double zigzag chain along b. These chain...

A one-pot, three-step protocol for the preparation of Grignard reagents from organobromides in a ball mill and their subsequent reactions with gaseous carbon dioxide (CO2) or sodium methyl carbonate providing aryl alkyl carboxylic acids up to 82 % yield is reported. Noteworthy are short reaction times significantly reduced solvent amounts [2.0 equiv. liquid assisted grinding (LAG) conditions]. ...

Reaction of pyridinobromocobalt(llI) aetioporphyrin I with a variety of alkyland aryl-magnesium bromides gives the corresponding alkyland aryl-cobalt(lIl) derivatives. In an alternative synthesis, the cobalt(l) derivative of aetioporphyrin J reacts with alkyl or acyl halides to give the alkylor acyl-cobalt(llI) compounds. The latter approach has also been used for the preparation of hydroxyalky...