Thiol-catalysed Radical-chain Reduction of Organic Halides by Hexabutylditin in the Presence of Malonic Acid†

Abstract

In the presence of a thiol catalyst and a suitable initiator, a mixture of hexabutylditin and malonic acid brings about protodehalogenation of organic bromides and iodides by a radical-chain mechanism.

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