Improving the atom efficiency of the wittig reaction by a "waste as catalyst/Co-catalyst" strategy

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Abstract

(Figure Presented) Waste not want not: Reported is a strategy to improve the atom economy of the Wittig reaction by using it in tandem reactions that directly employ the wastePh3PO as an in-situ-generated Lewis base catalyst/co-catalyst in the next step (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4976-4980
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume49
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jul 2010

Keywords

  • Atom economy
  • Lewis bases
  • Sustainable chemistry
  • Tandem reactions
  • Wittig reaction

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