title: Recent advances in the chemistry of SmI(2)-H(2)O.
abstract: Recent work from our laboratories has shown SmI(2)-H(2)O to be a versatile, readily-accessible and non-toxic reductant that is more powerful than SmI(2). This review describes the reduction of functional groups that were previously thought to lie beyond  the reach of SmI(2) and complexity-generating cyclisations and cyclisation cascades triggered by the reduction of the ester carbonyl group with SmI(2)-H(2)O.
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester, School of Chemistry, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sautier
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Procter
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003500:Cyclization; D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry; D007454:Iodides / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012493:Samarium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D004952:Esters; D007454:Iodides; D014867:Water; D012493:Samarium; C409809:samarium diiodide