Recent Advances in the Chemistry of SmI2–H2O

Authors

  • Brice Sautier
  • David J. Procter University of Manchester, School of Chemistry, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2012.399

Keywords:

Cyclisations, Radicals, Reductions, Samarium, Water

Abstract

Recent work from our laboratories has shown SmI2–H2O to be a versatile, readily-accessible and non-toxic reductant that is more powerful than SmI2. This review describes the reduction of functional groups that were previously thought to lie beyond the reach of SmI2 and complexity-generating cyclisations and cyclisation cascades triggered by the reduction of the ester carbonyl group with SmI2–H2O.

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2012-06-27

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