Xl. Xu et al., Water accelerated Sm/TMSCl reductive system: Debromination of vic-dibromides and reduction of sodium alkyl thiosulfates, SYN COMMUN, 30(11), 2000, pp. 1917-1925
a simple and efficient method for the debromination of vic-dibromides to (E
)-alkenes and reduction of sodium alkyl thiosulfates to disulfides promoted
by Sm/TMSCl/H2O (trace) has been described.