Synfacts 2008(2): 0191-0191  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-992470
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Radical Reactions in and on Water Using (Me3Si)3SiH

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Tobias Thaler
A. Postigo, S. Kopsov, C. Ferreri, C. Chatgilialoglu*
ISOF, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy
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Publication History

Publication Date:
23 January 2008 (online)

Significance

The usefulness of (TMS)3SiH as expedient radical reducing agent ‘in water’ and ‘on water’ was successfully proven in this article. Hydrophobic compounds could be as efficiently converted as water-soluble substrates.