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Reaction with a secondary alcohol in the presence of a base, e.g. quinoline, gives the diphenyl phosphate ester of the alcohol. This undergoes thermal elimination in sulfolane or NMP to provide the corresponding alkene. The method has clear advantages in terms of yield and toxicity over analogous routes to alkenes, such as the Chugaev xanthate thermolysis or heating the alcohol in HMPA: Synthesis, 1300 (1995). See also Diphenyl phosphorochloridate, A13546.