Alkenylation and arylation of secondary alcohols enabled by productive merger of β-carbon and β-hydrogen elimination via an isodesmic reaction

Si-Qi Xiong,a   Zheng-Qiang Liu,a   Cheng Liang,a   Xue-Mei Huang,a   Xue Zhang,a   Qing-Hua Li*ab  and  Tang-Lin Liu  *a