A RADICAL DEOXYGENATION OF PRIMARY ALCOHOLS BY USE OF TRI-<i>n</i>-BUTYLTIN HYDRIDE-SODIUM IODIDE, AND ITS APPLICATION TO A RADICAL CYCLIZATION

Abstract

Abstract Primary alcohols are deoxygenated to hydrocarbons via tosylates with tri-n-butyltin hydride-sodium iodide under mild radical conditions; the method is useful for the preparation of cyclic compounds from acyclic ones possessing primary hydroxyl and olefinic groups by reductive cyclization.