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The Reduction of Organic Compounds with Chromium( II ) Salts
Author(s) -
Hanson J. R.,
Premuzic E.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.196802471
Subject(s) - chemistry , halide , alkyl , chromium , halogen , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry
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.