| Abstract
| - Diethyl chlorophosphite (DECP) was previously described as a reducing agent for nitro compoundsto the corresponding amines (Fischer, B.; Sheihet, L. J. Org. Chem.1998, 63, 393). Here, the utilityof this reagent was extended to chemical conversions of other oxygenated functional groups. Inthis paper we report on the scope of the reaction of DECP with N-oxides, epoxides, sulfones,sulfoxides, hydroxylamines, ketoximes, and aldoximes. The chemoselectivity of DECP is described,and conditions for a stepwise multiple conversion of functional groups on the same molecule withthis reagent are provided.
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