Wittig reaction

Definition: A carbon-carbon coupling reaction where a carbonyl compound reacts with a phosphonium ylide to give an alkene.

ID: RXNO:0000015

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Palladium-catalysed biscyclisation of allenic bromoalkenes through a zipper-mode cascade
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DOI: 10.1039/b805845h

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1-Azadienes in cycloaddition and multicomponent reactions towards N-heterocycles
Bas Groenendaal, Eelco Ruijter and Romano V. A. Orru, Chem. Commun., 2008 , 5474
DOI: 10.1039/b809206k

Drastic effect of bidentate phosphine ligands on Pd-catalyzed hydroarylation of ethyl propiolate: a simple route to arylbutadienes
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DOI: 10.1039/b810658d

A palladium-mediated cascade cyclisation approach to the CDE cores of rubriflordilactone A and lancifodilactone G
Marie-Caroline A. Cordonnier, S. B. Jennifer Kan and Edward A. Anderson, Chem. Commun., 2008 , 5818
DOI: 10.1039/b814360a

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DOI: 10.1039/b814375g

Iterative synthesis of acenes via homo-elongation
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DOI: 10.1039/b814840f

Highly regioselective ring-opening of trisubstituted aziridines by sulfur-stabilised carbanions
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DOI: 10.1039/b815971h

Simplified methods for the functionalisation of 3-hexoxythiophenes at the 5-position and further reactions to alkynyl and vinyl derivatives
Mike Joachim Zöllner, Ullrich Jahn, Eike Becker, Wolfgang Kowalsky and Hans-Hermann Johannes, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 565
DOI: 10.1039/b817089d

Extension of π-conjugation length along the Q _y axis of a chlorophyll a derivative for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
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DOI: 10.1039/b820540j

A fluorogenic dye activated by S-nitrosothiols
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DOI: 10.1039/b822283e

Polycyclic alkaloids via transannular Mannich reactions
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DOI: 10.1039/b822955d

Design and synthesis of (E)-1-((3-ethyl-2,4,4-trimethylcyclohex-2-enylidene)methyl-4-substituted benzenes from 1-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-enyl)ethanol
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DOI: 10.1039/b823063c

Solid-phase based total synthesis of Jasplakinolide by ring-closing metathesis
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DOI: 10.1039/b900342h

Catalytic enantioselective conjugate addition of fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane to enals: synthesis of chiral monofluoromethyl compounds
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DOI: 10.1039/b907399j

Rapid synthesis of 3-cyanopyridine-derived chromophores with two-dimensional tunability and solvatochromic photophysical properties
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DOI: 10.1039/b910664b

A novel and efficient method for the olefination of carbonyl compounds with Grignard reagents in the presence of diethyl phosphite
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DOI: 10.1039/c001931c

Enantioselective total synthesis of plakotenin, a cytotoxic metabolite from Plakortis sp
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DOI: 10.1039/c004199h

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DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01885f

Concise syntheses of selective inhibitors against α-1,3-galactosyltransferase
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DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00042f

Stereoselective synthesis of epi-jasmonic acid, tuberonic acid, and 12-oxo-PDA
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DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00218f