Table 2. Conjugate Additions of Alkyl Halides to Enone-s^a.

entry	enone	alkyl-X	product	yield (%)b
1				87
2				89
3				87
4				80
5				82
6c				83
7				86
8				75
9				80
10				86
11				86
12				83
13				82

^aConditions: alkyl-X (3 equiv), Zn powder (X = I) or Zn dust (X = Br) (4 equiv), TMEDA (2 equiv), 3-5 mol % [Cu], 5 mol % AuCl₃, 0.5 mL 2 wt %-TPGS-750-M/H₂O, rt, 24 h.

^bIsolated, chromatographically purified.

^cZinc dust used.