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Synthesis 1987; 1987(4): 406-407
DOI: 10.1055/s-1987-27965
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Reductive Dehalogenation of a-Haloketones by Sodium Halides or Pseudo-Halides and Metal Halides

Aoi Ono* , Junko Kamimura, Nobuko Suzuki
  • *Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, Niigata 950-21, Japan
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20 August 2002 (online)

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Aromatic and aliphatic α-haloketones are reductively dehalogenated effectively to the corresponding ketones with sodium bromide, sodium chloride (sodium halides), sodium thiocyanate, or sodium cyanate (pseudo halides) in combination with metal halides in aqueous tetrahydrofuran by heating under reflux for 2h.