Direct Stereospecific Conversion of Acyclic Vicinal Diols into Olefins and Its Reaction Mechanism

Abstract

A direct stereospecific conversion of acyclic vicinal diols into olefins was developed, and a study on the reaction mechanism elucidated that the reaction was s-cis with respect to the hydroxy groups and s-trans with respect to the iodo and hydroxy groups of the intermediate iodo alcohols.