Basil Lythgoe and Philip J. Kocienski explored the scope and limitation of the reaction, and today this olefination is formally known as the Julia-Lythgoe olefination. The reaction involves the addition of a sulfonyl-stabilized carbanion to a carbonyl compound, followed by elimination to form an alkene. In the initial versions of the reactions, the elimination was done under reductive conditions.
Basil Lythgoe and Philip J. Kocienski studied the reaction's boundaries and constraints, and today this olefination is officially called the Julia-Lythgoe olefination. The process includes adding a sulfonyl-stabilized carbanion to a carbonyl compound, followed by elimination to produce an alkene. In initial versions of these reactions, elimination was conducted under reductive conditions.