Highly efficient catalytic hydrodehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

S Akzinnay, F Bisaro, CSJ Cazin

Index: Akzinnay, Said; Bisaro, Fabrice; Cazin, Catherine S. J. Chemical Communications, 2009 , # 38 p. 5752 - 5753

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Abstract

The hydrodehalogenation of polychlorinated phenyls and biphenyls (PCBs), catalysed by palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes, proceeds with excellent yields, at very low catalyst loadings and at room temperature, using isopropanol as the hydrogen source and NaOH as the base.