beta-Nitro xanthates as olefin precursors.

Gilles Ouvry (1) , Béatrice Quiclet-Sire (1) , Samir Z. Zard (1)

1 DCSO - Laboratoire de synthèse organique

[reaction: see text] Potassium O-ethyl xanthate readily adds to alpha,beta-unsaturated nitro compounds to give stable beta-nitro xanthates, which undergo tin-free elimination to form olefins in good yield and good E selectivity upon simple heating with lauroyl peroxide in refluxing 1,2-dichloroethane.

Domains: Organic chemistry

Gilles Ouvry, Béatrice Quiclet-Sire, Samir Z. Zard. beta-Nitro xanthates as olefin precursors.. Organic Letters, 2003, 5 (16), pp.2907-2909. ⟨10.1021/ol035027c⟩. ⟨hal-00969322⟩