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Chem. Commun., 2009, 5752 - 5753, DOI: 10.1039/b910415a

Highly efficient catalytic hydrodehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Saïd Akzinnay, Fabrice Bisaro and Catherine S. J. Cazin

The hydrodehalogenation of polychlorinated phenyls and biphenyls (PCBs), catalysed by palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes, proceeds with excellent yields, at very low catalyst loadings and at room temperature, using isopropanol as the hydrogen source and NaOH as the base.

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