Ma. Badajoz et al., TRIETHYLAMINE-INDUCED REACTIONS OF METHYL 2,3-DIBROMO-2,3-DIARYLPROPANOATES IN METHANOL, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (3), 1998, pp. 124-125
The title compounds undergo elimination with methanolic triethylamine
to afford the corresponding debrominated olefins, most of them through
an E2 stereoconvergent process.