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DOI: 10.1039/A800473K (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1998, 1431-1434

Reduction of thiols with LiAlD4: a mechanistic study

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Michael B. Smith and Joseph Wolinsky

Abstract

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.

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