Description 2-Benzyloxyphenylmagnesium bromide can be used:As a substrate in the iron-catalyzed coupling reaction of aryl Grignard reagents with unprotected bromophenols.As a substrate in the cross-coupling of Grignard reagents using diaryl titanates and ferric chloride.In one of the key synthetic steps for the total synthesis of an antibiotic caboxamycin.