Homolytic reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides by sodium borohydride

✍ Scribed by Anil N. Abeywickrema; Athelstan L.J. Beckwith

• Book ID: 104218068
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 251 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)83954-4

✦ Synopsis

Aryl iodides and some bromides, but not chlorides or fluorides, undergo efficient dehalogenation by W photostimulated reduction with sodim borohydride and a free radical initiator in dimethylformamide.