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Use of organosilanes that promote the Barton-McCombie deoxygenation is
an emerging methodology for organic transformations. A comparison bet
ween a variety of substituted silanes is presented. (Me(3)Si)(3)SiH ri
vals Bu(3)SnH in efficiency and it is a superior reagent from ecologic
al and practical perspectives.