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 examined the reaction's scope and limitations, and this olefination is now known as the Julia-Lythgoe olefination. The process involves adding a sulfonyl-stabilized carbanion to a carbonyl compound, followed by elimination to form an alkene. In earlier versions of these reactions, elimination was performed under reductive conditions.