Regioselective debromination of 2, 3, 5-tribromothiophene: A facile synthesis of isomerically pure 2, 3-and 2, 4-dibromothiophene

Y Xie, SC Ng, TSA Hor, HSO Chan

Index: Xie, Yang; Ng, Siu-Choon; Hor, T. S. Andy; Chan, Hardy S. O. Journal of Chemical Research - Part S, 1996 , # 3 p. 150 - 151

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Abstract

The regioselective preparative debromination of 2, 3, 5-tribromothiophene to isomerically pure 2, 3-and 2, 4-dibromothiophene was effected by the use of sodium borohydride in the presence and absence of transition metal catalyst using predetermined optimum conditions from GC trials.

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