Synlett 2001; 2001(4): 0485-0488
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-12325
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Raney Nickel: An Effective Reagent for Reductive Dehalogenation of Organic Halides

A. F. Barrero* , E. J. Alvarez-Manzaneda, R. Chahboun, R. Meneses, J. L. Romera
  • *Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; Fax + 34 58 24 33 18; E-mail: afbarre@goliat.ugr.es; eamr@goliat.ugr.es.
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Publication Date:
31 December 2001 (online)

Raney Nickel is an effective reagent to achieve the chemoselective reductive dehalogenation of organic halides. Fluorides and vinyl halides are unreactive under the used experimental conditions.