Synlett 1991; 1991(7): 489-490
DOI: 10.1055/s-1991-20772
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Dicyclopentadienyltitanium Halide Induced Reduction of Nitroarenes and Organic Halides

Yanlong Qian* , Guisheng Li, Xiaofan Zheng, Yao-Zeng Huang
  • *Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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07 March 2002 (online)

Nitroarenes are reduced by dicyclopentadienyltitanium chloride (Cp2TiCl) to azo compounds in moderate yield while benzylic and allylic chlorides and vicinal dibromides are catalytically transformed to the corresponding coupling products and alkenes, respectively, by the dicyclopentadienyltitanium dichloride/aluminum system.