title: VO(acac)(2)-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of phosphonium salts.
abstract: A novel eco-safer protocol for the preparation of symmetric or asymmetric olefins directly from phosphonium salts under oxygen atmosphere in the presence of VO(acac)(2) (1.0 mol%) was developed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, China. mshi@pub.sioc.ac.cn
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu