SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF THE N-O BOND IN N-OXIDES AND NITRONES BY SODIUM HYDROGEN TELLURIDE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98763-X

Sodium hydrogen telluride reduces tert.-amine N-oxides to the corresponding amines in very high yield, but does not reduce sulphoxides.This reagent also reduces nitrones to sec.-amines at pH6 and to imines at alkaline pH (10-11).