On the stereochemistry of β-elimination of β-silyl azides

✍ Scribed by Laurent Chabaud; Yannick Landais

• Book ID: 104254365
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 201 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(03)01800-8

✦ Synopsis

Fluoride-mediated elimination of syn and anti b-silyl azides was shown to afford the corresponding (Z)-and (E)-olefins, respectively, demonstrating that b-elimination of b-silyl azides is stereospecifically anti.