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A practical method for the reductive cleavage of the sulfide bond in xanthates

A Liard, B Quiclet-Sire, SZ Zard

Index: Liard, Annie; Quiclet-Sire, Beatrice; Zard, Samir Z. Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 33 p. 5877 - 5880

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Xanthates can be reduced to the corresponding alkane through cleavage of the sulfide bond by heating in 2-propanol in the presence of equimolar amounts of dilauroyl peroxide, added in small portions. ... Secondary xanthates can be reductively cleaved by heating in 2- ...