Grieco elimination

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The Grieco elimination
The Grieco elimination

The Grieco elimination is an organic reaction describing the elimination reaction of an aliphatic primary alcohol through a selenide to a terminal alkene.[1][2] It is named for Paul Grieco.

The alcohol first reacts with o-nitrophenylselenocyanate and

Cope elimination. This reaction takes part in the synthesis of ring C of the Danishefsky Taxol synthesis
.

The elimination step is common with the Clive-Reich-Sharpless olefination that uses PhSeX as the selenium source.[3]

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