Often used as a common solvent for chemical reations and utilized widely in industry as a reagent, N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) has played an important role in organic synthesis for a long time. Numerous highly useful art...
Reactions proceeding through open-shell, single-electron pathways offer attractive alternative outcomes to those proceeding through closed-shell, two-electron mechanisms. In this context, samarium diiodide (SmI2) has eme...