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Wittig reaction: a standalone construct

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Organic chemistry

conversion of an aldehyde or ketone to an alkene by reaction with a phosphonium ylide, placing the new double bond at the former carbonyl carbon.

In organic chemistry, Wittig reaction refers to conversion of an aldehyde or ketone to an alkene by reaction with a phosphonium ylide, placing the new double bond at the former carbonyl carbon. This meaning comes from Wittig (1954) in Chemische Berichte.[1]

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References

  1. Wittig, G., & Schöllkopf, U. (1954). Über Triphenyl‐phosphin‐methylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien (I. Mitteil. Chemische Berichte, 87(9), 1318-1330. https://doi.org/10.1002/cber.19540870919

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