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These structures were converted into energetically unfavorable bis(organyl)metal complexes using a rhodium(I) (“rhodium-one”) catalyst by Suggs and Jun. A common reaction that forms these structures may replace a substituent with a “dummy ligand” such as a cyanide group to prevent an organocopper byproduct. Alkyl halides are reacted with two equivalents of sodium metal to form these structures in the Wurtz reaction. (-5[1])Reactions that form these structures follow cycles of oxidative addition, transmetallation, and reductive elimination and often use a palladium catalyst, such as in the Heck and Suzuki reactions. These structures can be formed using compounds of the form RMgX, (-5[1])such as the formation of a tertiary alcohol from a ketone in the Grignard reaction. (-5[1])For 10 points, name these bonds that form the backbone of organic molecules. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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