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β-Nitro alcohols (nitro aldols) in boiling benzene in the presence of Bu2SnO (20–30 mol.%) under neutral conditions undergo dehydration leading to nitroalkenes.
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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1744–1745, August, 2011.
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Veselovsky, V.V., Lozanova, A.V. Dehydration of β-nitro alcohols catalyzed by Bu2SnO. Russ Chem Bull 60, 1772–1773 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-011-0263-z
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