Tetrahedron Letters

Reaction of oxiranes with lithium: deoxygenation leading to olefins

KN Gurudutt, B Ravindranath

Index: Gurudutt, K. N.; Ravindranath, B. Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 1173 - 1174

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Abstract

This document does not have an outline. ... JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Author links open the overlay panel. Numbers correspond to the affiliation list which can be exposed by using the show more link. ... Mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-substituted epoxides undergo facile deoxygenation yielding olefins when treated with lithium in tetrahydrofuran. Aliphatic epoxides yield olefins with the same ...