a Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain b Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Abstract:
The treatment of tertiary esters with triphenylphosphine and iodine under mild conditions gives the most stable alkene in good yield. Formates, acetates and trifluoroacetates were studied.