A convenient method for the conversion of halides to alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919508011463

The displacement of halides in unactivated primary bromides and iodides, allylic and benzylic primary and secondary bromides, and primary and secondary α-bromoketones by formate, using triethylammonium formate as the formylating agent, followed by acid or base catalyzed hydrolysis has been found to be an efficient method for the conversion of halides to alcohols.

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A Convenient Method for
the Conversion of Halides to
Alcohols
Jose Alexander a , Mara L. Renyer a & Hemalatha
Veerapanane a
a INTERx Research Division of Merck and Co., Inc.,
Lawrence, Kansas, 66047
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(1995): A Convenient Method for the Conversion of Halides to Alcohols, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 25:23, 3875-3881
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