Investigation of Reactions Involving Pentacoordinate Intermediates The Mechanism of the Wittig Reaction /

In this thesis, the author outlines the discovery of an effect common to representative examples of all Li salt-free Wittig Reactions. The implications of such a universally applicable effect are that all such Wittig reactions occur through the same mechanism. Although the Wittig reaction was first...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrne, Peter A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Wittig reaction & discussion of the mechanism
  • Wittig reactions of aldehydes bearing a β-heteroatom substituent
  • A convenient chromatography-free method for the purification of alkenes produced in the Wittig reaction
  • Experimental.