Reduction of thiols with LiAlD4, in refluxing dioxane, leads to alkane products that contain only about 60% deuterium. Current work strongly suggests that dioxane is the source of hydrogen incorporation in the product, probably via transfer from an intermediate thioalkoxy–aluminate species.
M. B. Smith and J. Wolinsky, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1998, 1431 DOI: 10.1039/A800473K
To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.
If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.
If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.
Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.
Please wait while we load your content...