The mechanism of the reduction of alkyl halides with sodium borohydride in dimethyl sulphoxide

Author(s):  
John Jacobus
Synlett ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (08) ◽  
pp. 1055-1058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namasivayam Palani ◽  
Sengottuvelan Balasubramanian ◽  
Tarur Dinesh

We wish to report a facile method in which a catalytic amount of bis-tri-n-butyltinoxide (TBTO) in the presence of sodium borohydride efficiently brings about the intramolecular radical cyclization of a variety of vinyl, aryl and alkyl halides to their corresponding functionalized bicyclic and tricyclic carbocycle frameworks. The methodology obviates the need for stoichiometric amounts of tin reagent normally required for radical cyclization reactions.


1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 312-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Křepelka ◽  
Drahuše Vlčková ◽  
Jiří Holubek ◽  
Jiří Roubík

Reactions of esters I and II with methylsulphinylmethylsodium in dimethyl sulphoxide afforded β-keto sulphoxides III and IV, which were converted either into compounds V and VI under the conditions of the Pummerer rearrangement, or into ketones VII and VIII by the action of aluminium amalgam in 1,2-dimethoxyethane. Reduction of the compounds III and V with sodium borohydride produced β-hydroxy sulphoxide IX and dihydroxy derivative X respectively; the latter was characterised in the form of derivatives XI and XII. Condensation of the compound III with 1,2-diaminobenzene in acetic acid gave quinoxaline derivative XIII. The compounds prepared had no marked antilactation or antinidation activity.


1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 622-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Šmidrkal ◽  
Miroslav Semonský

N(1)-Alkyl-8β-ergolines I-XII were prepared by alkylation of 8β-ergoline derivatives XIII to XVIII with alkyl halides in dimethyl sulphoxide in the presence of potassium hydroxide. The compounds I-XII exhibited weak inhibition effects on the secretion of prolactin


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