Use of high pressure in the reduction of organic chlorides with tri-n-butyltin hydride

A Rahm, R Amardeil, M Degueil-Castaing

Index: Rahm, A.; Amardeil, R.; Degueil-Castaing, M. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 371, p. C4 - C8

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Abstract

Abstract The use of the high pressure technique enables reduction of organic halides by tri-n- butyltin hydride to be carried out in the absence of a catalyst or free radical initiator. It leads to a better conservation of the structure of the starting material during the reduction. In the case of some unsaturated halides, a new chemoselectivity has been observed in favour of the addition of the hydride on the carbon carbon double bond.