Reduction of Organic Halides with Tri-2-furylgermane: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reduction.

T Nakamura, H Yorimitsu, H Shinokubo…

Index: Nakamura; Yorimitsu; Shinokubo; Oshima Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2001 , vol. 74, # 4 p. 747 - 752

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Abstract

Tri-2-furylgermane proved to be an effective reagent for the radical reduction of organic halides. Treatment of 1-bromododecane with tri-2-furylgermane in THF at 25° C in the presence of a catalytic amount of triethylborane afforded dodecane almost quantitatively. Radical cyclization of 2-iodoethanal allyl acetal afforded five-membered products under the same reaction conditions. These reactions proceeded with NaBH 4 in the presence of a ...