1) At 150^oC the reagent is used to convert alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones into alkanes of same number of carbon atom.

(2) At 200^oC the reagent is used to convert carboxylic acid RCOOH into alkane RCH3.

(3) At 150^oC alkyl iodides are reduced to alkanes with same number of carbon atoms.

(4) Nitrosobenzene is reduced to phenyl hydroxylamine.