Chemistry Letters

SmI 2-Induced Deoxygenation of Epoxides and Its Application to Carbonyl Methylenation in Combination with Iodomethylation

M Matsukawa, T Tabuchi, J Inanaga, M Yamaguchi

Index: Matsukawa, Mihaya; Tabuchi, Takanori; Inanaga, Junji; Yamaguchi, Masaru Chemistry Letters, 1987 , p. 2101 - 2102

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Citation Number: 33

Abstract

Deoxygenation of epoxides to olefins was effected by an efficient electron transfer system of SmI 2-THF-HMPA in the presence of N, N-dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) or glutaric anhydride. This procedure, in combination with the SmI 2-induced iodomethylation, afforded a new, rapid and mild one-pot carbonyl methylenation method.