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FREE RADICAL CHAIN ELIMINATION REAKTION (ERC1). CONVERSION OF VICINAL DINITRO COMPOUNDS OR β-NITRO SULFONES TO OLEFINS WITH TRIBULYLTIN HYDRIDE
Ono, Noboru,Miyake, Hideyoshi,Tamura, Rui,Hamamoto, Isami,Kaji, Aritsune
, p. 1139 - 1142 (1981)
Vicinal dinitro compounds (1) or β-nitro sulfones (2) are converted to olefins in good yields on treatment with tributyltin hydride.This elimination proceeds by way of an electron transfer chain mechanism.The elimination from 1 is nonstereospecific and the elimination from 2 is stereospecific.