Arceo Elena, Marsden Peter, Bergman Robert G, Ellman Jonathan A
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jun 21(23):3357-9. doi: 10.1039/b907746d. Epub 2009 May 13.
An efficient 1,2-deoxygenation method, involving an unexpected mechanism, was found for simple diols and for biomass-derived polyols (glycerol and erythritol) that results in the conversion of the 1,2-dihydroxy group to a carbon-carbon double bond.
