N. Billingham, R. A. Jackson, F. Malek
1979
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Journal of The Chemical Society-perkin Transactions 1
Abstract
Aliphatic acyl chlorides RCOCl react with tripropylsilane in the presence of t-butyl peroxide at 140–170° to give the corresponding alkane RH. Yields are good when R is a primary or secondary alkyl group, poor when R is tertiary or benzylic, and zero when R is phenyl. A radical chain reaction is postulated. The reaction should be synthetically useful for removing carboxy-groups from carboxylic acids RCO2H, where R is a primary or secondary alkyl group.