Copper (II) triflate, a new reagent for mild dehydration of alcohols: synthetic usefulness and mechanistic insight

K Laali, RJ Gerzina, CM Flajnik, CM Geric…

Index: Laali, Khosrow; Gerzina, Robert J.; Flajnik, Christine M.; Geric, Cynthia M.; Dombroski, Ann Marie Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1987 , vol. 70, p. 607 - 611

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Abstract

Introduction. - Olefin synthesis oia alcohols is a fundamental organic transformation for which a large number of catalysts and reagents have been developed. The conven- tional dehydration catalysts include protic acids and metallic oxides, sulfides, zeolites, anhydrous CuSO,, as well as HMPA [l-31. While a major drawback in the acid-catalysed (H,SO,, H,PO,) dehydration reactions is the formation of rearranged products and ether by-products, other methods require ...