Magnesium/methanol: an effective reducing agent for peroxides.
Magnesium in methanol is an effective reagent for the chemoselective reduction of peroxides, including ozonides. Mg/MeOH is significantly more reactive than Me(2)S or PPh(3) and somewhat more reactive than Zn/HOAc.
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Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, USA.
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