title: Copper(I)-promoted dechlorinative Surzur-Tanner rearrangement of 2,2,2-trichloroethyl carboxylates.
abstract: [reaction: see text] 2,2,2-Trichloroethyl carboxylates undergo highly efficient dechlorinative Surzur-Tanner rearrangement with 2 equiv of a 1:1 molar mixture of CuCl and bpy in boiling DCE to give 1-chloroethenyl carboxylates in which copper appears to play an important role, probably by coordinating the initial radical or as a Lewis acid catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India. rnram@chemistry.iitd.ernet.in
authors.forename: Ram N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.forename: Nabin Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Meher