VO(acac)(2)-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of phosphonium salts.
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.
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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
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