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Photoreduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds by Tri-n-butylstannane W. Trotter and A. C . Testa Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, S t . John's University, Jamaica, New York 11432. Received July 16, 1968
Abstract: Photochemical reductions at 366 mp of nitrobenzene and l-nitronaphthalene in benzene solutions containing tri-n-butylstannane have been studied. The hydrogen abstraction rate constants for these molecules were determined to be 4 x losand