An efficient synthesis of alkenes from epoxides in a mixture of saturated aqueous NH(4)Br and tetrahydrofuran (8:1) has been developed in an undivided cell fitted with a pair of zinc electrodes, and it is proposed that the reaction is mediated by Zn(0) with a hierarchically organized nanostructure.
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