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Selective reduction of carboncarbon double and triple bonds in conjugated olefins mediated by SmI2/H2O/amine in THF
✍ Scribed by Anders Dahlén; Göran Hilmersson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
Conjugated double and triple bonds are reduced into alkenes using non-hazardous SmI 2 /H 2 O/amine mixtures as reducing agents in THF. Isolated alkenes are not reduced during these reductions. All the reactions studied are quantitative and are completed in less than five minutes.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Reduction of various ketones to their corresponding alcohols is shown to be instantaneous, i.e. completed in less than 10 s, by samarium diiodide (2.5 equiv.) in the presence of water (6.25 equiv.) and an amine (5 equiv.) in THF. The rates of reduction of ketones in this mixture exceed by far the ra