The One??Pot Wittig Reaction: A Facile Synthesis of α, β??Unsaturated Esters and Nitriles by Using Nanocrystalline Magnesium Oxide

BM Choudary, K Mahendar, ML Kantam…

Index: Choudary, Boyapati M.; Mahendar, Koosam; Kantam, M. Lakshmi; Ranganath, Kalluri V. S.; Athar, Taimur Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2006 , vol. 348, # 14 p. 1977 - 1985

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Abstract

Abstract Nanocrystalline magnesium oxide was found to be an effective heterogeneous, solid base catalyst for the one-pot Wittig reaction to afford α, β-unsaturated esters and nitriles in excellent yields with high E-stereoselectivity in the presence of triphenylphosphine under mild conditions.

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