A novel route to olefins from vicinal diols

Z Liu, B Classon, B Samuelsson

Index: Liu, Zhengchun; Classon, Bjoern; Samuelsson, Bertil Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 55, # 14 p. 4273 - 4275

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Citation Number: 49

Abstract

A novel reagent system consisting of chlorodiphenylphosphine, imidazole, and iodine in an inert solvent converts vicinal diols to olefins. Reagents are, after completed reaction, removed by extractive procedures, which facilitates large-scale preparations. Vicinal diols consisting of either a primary and a secondary hydroxyl or two secondary hydroxyls are in this way converted to olefins in high yields.