BF3·OEt2 promotes fast, mild, clean and regioselective dehydration of tertiary alcohols

Gary H. Posner, Ellen M. Shulman‐Roskes, Chang Ho Oh, Jean‐Christophe Carry, Julianne V. Green, Angela B. Clark, Haiyan Dai, T. E. N. ANJEH

Tetrahedron Letters · 1991 · 61 citations · 25 references

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BF3·OEt2 in methylene chloride at 25°C for 2 hours or less is shown to be effective for easy conversion of tertiary alcohols into the corresponding thermodynamically most stable alkenes.

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