A RADICAL DEOXYGENATION OF PRIMARY ALCOHOLS BY USE OF TRI-n-BUTYLTIN HYDRIDE - SODIUM IODIDE, AND ITS APPLICATION TO A RADICAL CYCLIZATION

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1983.795

Primary alcohols are deoxygenated to hydrocarbons via tosylates with tri-n-butyltin hydride-sodium iodide under mild radical conditions; the method is useful for the preparation of cyclic compounds from acyclic ones possessing primary hydroxyl and olefinic groups by reductive cyclization.