[MətHylFrÆtH]

How do you turn an alkyl halide into an alkane without using H₂/Ptc

Would you use NaH    ?

[discodermolide]

No I would use tri-nButyltin Hydride.

[doly]

Many methods such as LAH ,n-BuLi

[MətHylFrÆtH]

I should've specified that I wasn't looking for a "real" answer but just one that would work on paper and would be in a typical undergrad textbook.

I think LiAlH4 works for that purpose. But in this case, would the reaction just be similar to any substitution reaction?



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Actually the reason I avoided using H2/pd was because I wanted to get rid of an alkyl halide on the alkyl group of a benzene ring, otherwise I would've used elimination + h2/Pd.

So I guess my question is: Does H2/Pd turn benzene into cyclohexane?

[discodermolide]

At normal temperature and pressure benzene is not hydrogenated to cyclohexane. You usually need a Rhodium/alumina catalyst for that.
I think it's Nishimura's catalyst.

p.s. I think that will also dehalogenate the compound.