| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently reducing an organic compound in a short time and with a simple operation and under a mild condition, and to detoxify a harmful chlorine compound such as PCB. The present invention relates to a reduction / dehalogenation reaction of an organic halogen compound, synthesis of an amine by reduction of imines, reduction / reductive coupling reaction of carbonyls, and diazo coupling reaction of a nitro compound. In particular, this is an effective technique for detoxifying harmful chlorine compounds represented by PCB, and is a method characterized by adding metallic calcium to a mixed solution of an organic compound and an alcohol. |