Photochemical Wittig reaction of quasi-phosphonium ylides

H Tomioka, N Ichikawa, H Murata

Index: Tomioka, Hideo; Ichikawa, Naoki; Murata, Hideki Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1992 , # 2 p. 193 - 195

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Abstract

α-(Methoxycarbonyl) benzylidene quasi-phosphonium ylides, which are unreactive toward most carbonyl compounds, are found to undergo the Wittig reaction upon irradiation; irradiation with acyclic carbonyl compounds, eg benzaldehydes and acetophenones, ...