The Journal of organic chemistry

Preparation of new Wittig reagents and their application to the synthesis of α, β-unsaturated phosphonates

Y Xu, MT Flavin, ZQ Xu

Index: Xu, Yuanyao; Jin, Xiaoli; Huang, Guohua; Huang, Yaozeng Synthesis, 1983 , # 7 p. 556 - 558

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Citation Number: 76

Abstract

The Wittig reagent [(diethoxyphosphinyl) methylidene] triphenylphosphorane (1b) has been successfully synthesized for the first time via its phosphonium triflate salt (4a), by treating (diethoxyphosphinyl) methyl triflate with triphenylphosphine. The procedure has been