Discovered in 1979 by a doddering 56 year old German who pondered how the expansive valency of phosphorous could be turned to good use, an alternate variant to this reaction shares its name with Horner and uses a  phospite ester instead of a phosphine.
Discovered in 1979 by a doddering 56 year old German who pondered how the expansive valency of phosphorous could be turned to good use, an alternate variant to this reaction shares its name with Horner and uses a  phospite ester instead of a phosphine. It begins with a strong base, which is used to make one of the reactants, then a four-member ring intermediate is formed until the reaction reaches its climax due to the strength of the oxygen bond. FTP, identify this reaction that uses phosphonium salts and alkyl halides to form the very polar and carbanionic ylides.
Discovered in 1979 by a doddering 56 year old German who pondered how the expansive valency of phosphorous could be turned to good use, an alternate variant to this reaction shares its name with Horner and uses a  phospite ester instead of a phosphine.
{Wittig} reaction