organosurf
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Zinc / HCl reduction
Does anyone know the exact reaction conditions ( proportion of reactants, conc of acid, eq of Zn, etc ) and especially yields for the above to reduce
an aliphatic primary halide ( R-Cl ) to its alkane ?
Though there is a lot of mention of this reaction on the web, there are absolutely no detailed reaction conditions given anywhere. Have checked far
and wide, just got one ref that gave a measly yield of 12%.
How about using Aluminum with acid for such reductions ? There is no mention of this anywhere.......
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I know the zinc-copper couple will do it, but I've never heard of just plain zinc being used.
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Read the thread about nascent hydrogen here. Ig will give you few answers on mechanisms.
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