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Lithium diorganocopper (Gilman) reagents are prepared by treatment of an organolithium compound with copper(I) iodide. Decide what lithium diorganocopper (Gilman) reagent is needed to convert 1-bromopropane into 1-pentene. Draw the structure of the organolithium compound that is used to prepare this Gilman reagent.

ether
2 R---- Li + Cul → R2CuLi
or THF

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Answer: sounds very confusing

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