Facile reductive dehalogenation of organic halides with nickel boride at ambient temperature

Abstract

The hydrodehalogenation of a series of aryl, alkyl, allyl, and benzyl chlorides, bromides, and iodides has been carried out efficiently using nickel boride in methanol at ambient temperature, leading to the corresponding products resulting from hydrogen/halogen exchange.Key words: hydrodehalogenation, reduction, organic halides, sodium borohydride, nickel boride.