The synthesis of olefins from β-acyloxy-sulphones by reduction with sodium amalgam in methanol–ethyl acetate can be applied to the preparation of a wide variety of conjugated dienes. When used for the synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted olefins in which the new double bond is either isolated or conjugated, the reaction is highly stereoselective, and leads to the trans-isomers.
P. J. Kocienski, B. Lythgoe and S. Ruston, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1978, 829 DOI: 10.1039/P19780000829
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