Tetrahedron Letters

A preparation of bromoolefins from carbonyl compounds

DR Williams, K Nishitani, W Bennett, SY Sit

Index: Williams, David R.; Nishitani, K.; Bennett, W.; Sit, S. Y. Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 38 p. 3745 - 3748

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Abstract

Abstract A variety of 1-bromoalkenes are prepared by addition of dibromomethyllithium to ketones and aldehydes followed by reductive elimination with zinc-acetic acid. The product E/Z ratios were determined, and halogen-lithium exchange with t-butyllithium was examined.