Preparative Organic Chemistry
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ChemInform Abstract: The First Complete Dechlorination of 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (P,P′-DDT) Using Metal-Promoted Alkoxyborohydride in a Protic Solvent.
First published: 08 June 2010
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Refluxing a mixture of NaBH4 with 2-methoxyethanol in the presence of catalytic amounts of NiCl2 generates a powerful dechlorinating system which is able to completely dechlorinate DDT (I).
