Barry M. Trost, Paul L. Ornstein
1981
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract Isopropylmagnesium bromide in the presence of bis-(triphenylphosphino)- nickel(II) chloride reduces vinyl sulfides stereospecifically to the corresponding olefins without overreduction - a process which serves as a key step in the synthesis of the sex pheromone of the Douglas fir tussock moth.