Photoinduced reduction and carbonylation of organic chlorides with samarium diiodide

…, Y Sumino, T Nanke, S Ohya, N Sonoda…

Index: Ogawa; Sumino; Nanke; Ohya; Sonoda; Hirao Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997 , vol. 119, # 11 p. 2745 - 2746

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Abstract

Herein we report that the irradiation with visible light enhances the reducing ability of samarium diiodide. While samarium diiodide1 is well-known to reduce organic bromides and iodides to the corresponding hydrocarbons efficiently, 2 the reduction of organic chlorides with SmI2 alone is difficult. In fact, the reduction of organic chlorides with SmI2 requires excess amounts of HMPA. 3 In marked contrast to this, irradiation of the reaction ...