1) At 150oC the reagent is used to convert alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones into alkanes of same number of carbon atom.
(2) At 200oC the reagent is used to convert carboxylic acid RCOOH into alkane RCH3.
(3) At 150oC alkyl iodides are reduced to alkanes with same number of carbon atoms.
(4) Nitrosobenzene is reduced to phenyl hydroxylamine.