Issue 38, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Highly efficient catalytic hydrodehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)†

Saïd Akzinnay,‡a   Fabrice Bisarob  and  Catherine S. J. Cazin*ab  

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a Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain

b School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK
E-mail: cc111@st-andrews.ac.uk
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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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B910415A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 May 2009
Accepted
20 Aug 2009
First published
07 Sep 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 5752-5753

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Highly efficient catalytic hydrodehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

S. Akzinnay, F. Bisaro and C. S. J. Cazin, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5752 DOI: 10.1039/B910415A

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