Rhenium-catalyzed deoxydehydration of glycols by sulfite.
Methyltrioxorhenium and sodium perrhenate catalyze the deoxydehydration of glycols and deoxygenation of epoxides to olefins in moderate yields with sulfite as the reductant.
Vkuturi
Saidi
S
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA.
Chapman
Garry
G
Ahmad
Irshad
I
Nicholas
Kenneth M
KM
D000475:Alkenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003681:Dehydration; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D006018:Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013447:Sulfites / Q000737:chemistry*
D000475:Alkenes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D006018:Glycols; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013447:Sulfites; D012211:Rhenium