Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A systematic study of the intramolecular Wittig reactions of ω-aldehydophosphoranes 5 has been performed and indicates that the amounts of monounsaturated lactones 6 and dilactones 7 is dependent on chain length. ... Short syntheses of phosphoranes 5 are described; ...