The Reduction of Organic Compounds with Chromium(II) Salts
- 1 April 1968
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
- Vol. 7 (4) , 247-252
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.196802471
Abstract
Chromium(II) salts can be used for a variety of reductions in organic chemistry; for example, alkyl halides and suitably substituted olefins may both be reduced to alkanes, and alkynes may be converted into trans‐olefins. Several epoxyketones are reduced to α,β‐unsaturated ketones or β‐hydroxyketones, and a nitro steroid was found to give a hydroxy(hydroxyimino) compound. The reduction of alkyl halides is reported to proceed by a free‐radical mechanism; the halogen atom that is set free forms a bridge between two chromium atoms.Keywords
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