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This research aims to develop an effective method for converting primary alcohols into alkenes using zinc catalysis.

January 25, 2026Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Zinc-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols and secondary/benzyl phosphine oxides for alkenes synthesis

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This research aims to develop an effective method for converting primary alcohols into alkenes using zinc catalysis.
Utilization of a zinc catalyst for dehydrogenative coupling.
Conversion of primary alcohols under acceptorless conditions.
Focus on synthesizing alkenes from secondary and benzyl phosphine oxides.
Successfully converted primary alcohols to alkenes using a simple zinc catalyst.
Demonstrated efficient dehydrogenation without additional acceptors.
Showed the earth-abundance and simplicity of the zinc catalyst.

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Zinc-catalyzed method converts primary alcohols into alkenes, implying an efficient synthesis process.

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A zinc-catalyzed method for the direct conversion of primary alcohols into alkenes under acceptorless dehydrogenation conditions has been developed. Utilizing a simple and earth-abundant zinc catalyst, this approach enables the...

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Li et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6975b1a9feba4585c2d6d245 https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob01947h

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Zinc-catalyzed method converts primary alcohols into alkenes, implying an efficient synthesis process.

Zinc-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols and secondary/benzyl phosphine oxides for alkenes synthesis

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Zinc-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols and secondary/benzyl phosphine oxides for alkenes synthesis

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