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Use of Samarium Diiodide as an Alternative to Sodium/Mercury Amalgam in the Julia-Lythgoe Olefination
Keck, Gary E.,Savin, Kenneth A.,Weglarz, Michael A.
, p. 3194 - 3204 (1995)
Studies into the use of samarium diiodide (SmI2) in the reductive elimination of 1,2-acetoxy sulfones and the reductive cleavage of vinyl sulfones are reported.Parallel investigations with sodium/mercury amalgam (Na/Hg) revealed over-reduction in several
