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An efficient olefination method catalysed by dibutyl telluride

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1989

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Abstract

Olefins are formed in excellent yields, stereoselectively, by treating aldehydes and α-bromoesters or α-bromo ketones with potassium carbonate and catalytic amounts of dibutyl telluride regenerated by triphenyl phosphite.