Functionally Substituted Organotin Hydrides

6 FUNCTIONALLY SUBSTITUTED ORGANOTIN HYDRIDES All compounds are listed in Table 12.  

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Since alkyl- or alkoxyl-substituted silanes do not react readily with reducible functional groups, it soon became clear that the use of organotin oxides for in situ preparation of tin hydrides in the presence of PMHS was a possibility [32]. Several radical-based reductions have been performed to date using this approach [33]. The performance of in situ generated tributyltin hydride has been shown in many cases to be similar to the pre-prepared one, although in some cases it was found to be less effective. 

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