On the Mechanism of the Reduction of α-Halo Ketones by 1,3-Dimethyl-2-phenylbenzimidazoline. Reduction by a SET-Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chain Mechanism

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00277a020

A series of α-halocarbonyl compounds are dehalogenated by 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenylbenzimidazoline (DMBI) to give their corresponding carbonyl compounds.Contrary to the original proposal, the mechanism for these reductions was shown to proceed via a free-radi