title: Electrochemically supported deoxygenation of epoxides into alkenes in aqueous solution.
abstract: An efficient synthesis of alkenes from epoxides in a mixture of saturated aqueous NH(4)Br and tetrahydrofuran (8:1) has been developed in an undivided cell fitted with a pair of zinc electrodes, and it is proposed that the reaction is mediated by Zn(0) with a hierarchically organized nanostructure.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China. chehjm@scut.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jing-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhi-Quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Dong-Song
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chen