Evidence for single electron transfer in the reduction of organic halides by lithium triethylborohydride

EC Ashby, B Wenderoth, TN Pham…

Index: Ashby, E.C.; Wenderoth, Bernd; Pham, Tung N.; Park, Won-Suh Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 23 p. 4505 - 4509

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Abstract

Product studies involving the reduction of cyclizable alkyl iodides and bromides, trapping of intermediate radicals by dicyclohexylphosphine, and direct EPR observation of radicals have been used to detect the Occurrence of a single electron transfer pathway in the reduction of these halides by lithium triethylborohydride.