Photoreduction of chlorobiphenyls by NaBH4

1 January 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 18,p. 758-759
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39750000758

Abstract

Photoreduction of 3- and 4-chlorobiphenyls by NaBH₄ is described and a hydride-proton-transfer mechanism is deduced for the former case on the basis of deuterium labelling experiments.

Keywords

CHLOROBIPHENYLS
NABH4 PHOTOREDUCTION
TRANSFER MECHANISM
HYDRIDE PROTON
FORMER CASE
LABELLING EXPERIMENTS
PROTON TRANSFER
DEUTERIUM LABELLING

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