Wittig reaction
Chemical coupling reaction / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Wittig reaction?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Not to be confused with Wittig rearrangement.
Quick Facts Reaction, Conditions ...
Wittig reaction | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Named after | Georg Wittig | ||||||||||
Reaction type | Coupling reaction | ||||||||||
Reaction | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Conditions | |||||||||||
Typical solvents | typically THF or diethyl ether | ||||||||||
Identifiers | |||||||||||
March's Advanced Organic Chemistry | 16–44 (6th ed.) | ||||||||||
Organic Chemistry Portal | wittig-reaction | ||||||||||
RSC ontology ID | RXNO:0000015 Y | ||||||||||
N(what is this?) (verify) |
Close
The Wittig reaction or Wittig olefination is a chemical reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl phosphonium ylide called a Wittig reagent. Wittig reactions are most commonly used to convert aldehydes and ketones to alkenes.[1][2][3] Most often, the Wittig reaction is used to introduce a methylene group using methylenetriphenylphosphorane (Ph3P=CH2). Using this reagent, even a sterically hindered ketone such as camphor can be converted to its methylene derivative.