Rapid SmI2-Mediated Reductions of Alkyl Halides and

Rapid SmI2-Mediated Reductions of Alkyl Halides and Electrochemical Properties of SmI2/H2O/Amine Anders Dahle´n,† Go¨ran Hilmersson,*,† Brian W. Knettle,‡ and Robert A. Flowers, II*,‡ Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Go¨ teborg University, SE-412 96 Go¨ teborg, Sweden, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Box 41061, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061 [email protected]; [email protected] Received February 7, 2003

Mixtures of SmI2/H2O/amine have been found to reduce alkyl halides more efficiently than SmI2/ HMPA/alcohol mixtures at room temperature. Alkyl and aryl iodides were quantitatively reduced in