Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Aromatics

James P. Barren, S.S. Baghel, Patrick J. McCloskey

Synthetic Communications · 1993 · 19 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Abstract A practical method has been found for the reduction of PCB's and chlorinated benzenes in a nonpolar solvent with formic acid, water, Pd/C and sodium carbonate. This reductive dechlorination can be run under atmospheric pressure and relatively mild conditions.

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