Conversion of vicinal diols into olefins via the derived bisdithiocarbonates

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1 January 1977

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Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 23,p. 866-868
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39770000866

Abstract

Reaction of vicinal diol bisdithiocarbonates with tri-n-butyltin hydride in toluene or benzene gives the corresponding olefin in high yield.

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