Electrooxidative Initiation of Tin Hydride-Promoted Radical Chain Reactions

Tanaka, H.; Suga, H.; Ogawa, H.; Hai, A. K. M. A.; Torii, S.; Jutand, A.; Amatore, C. Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 6495.

Electrooxidative initiation of tin hydride-promoted radical chain reactions at ambient temperature has been performed by passing 0.2-0.5 F/mol of electricity through a solution of triphenyltin hydride and substrates in THF containing Bu₄NClO₄.