CHROMIUM(II) ACETATE MONOHYDRATE DIMER

Used as capable of reducing reactive carbon-halogen bonds (e.g. allylic, benzylic, α-halo carbonyl); bromohydrins and epoxides; used in the conversion of ketoximes to ketones in the presence of acid- and base-sensitive functional groups).

reagent type: catalyst
core: chromium

Easily oxidized, especially when moist, to chromium(III) acetate. It can be stored for several months in a stoppered vial under carbon dioxide.