Facile Generation of Alkenes and Dienes from Tosylates
Prodeep Phukan, Matthias Bauer, Martin E. Maier*
*Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle
18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany,
Email: martin.e.maier
uni-tuebingen.de
P. Phukan, M. Bauer, M. E. Maier, Synthesis, 2003, 1324-1328.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40210
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Abstract
Heating with NaI and DBU in dimethoxyethane effected clean elimination of tosylates to terminal olefins. This simple one-pot procedure was also applied to tosylates derived from an Evans aldol reaction.
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Key Words
Evans aldol reaction, terminal alkenes, dienes, eliminations
ID: J66-Y2003-1870
