Reducing Alkyl Halides Using a Polymer-Bound Crown Ether/Tin Hydride Cocatalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00002a004

In this paper the synthesis and application of a novel macromolecular cocatalyst in which both reactive sites are on the same polymer matrix is described.Using this macromolecular cocatalyst, it was found that alkyl halide groups could be conveniently transformed into the corresponding hydrocarbon moiety in moderate yields.