Treatment of epoxides with Ph2PLi–THF followed by H2O2–AcOH gives, by a single inversion, β-hydroxy-diphenylphosphine oxides; the latter can be fragmented stereospecifically to olefins on treatment with an appropriate base.
A. J. Bridges and G. H. Whitham, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1974, 142 DOI: 10.1039/C39740000142
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