Modern Carbonyl Olefination
Subtitle: Methods and Applications
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: April 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9783527306343
Subjects: Chemistry; Organic Reactions; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Organic; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Carbonyl compounds
First sentence: The reaction of a phosphorus ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, as first described in 1953 by Witting and Geissler [1] (see Scheme 1.1), is probably the most widely recognized method for carbonyl olefination.