Essays Tagged: "Ylide"

The Wittig Reaction - Lab Report

lin, on June 16, 1897, and died August 26, 1987 (1). Wittig discovered the route to alkenes through ylide molecules (1). Wittig was educated originally at Tubingen; Wittig spent periods at Braunschwei ... with alkyl halides and that these salts readily lose HX with strong base. This product is called an ylide or a phosphorane. The ylide is a polar molecule with a carbanionic carbon.Figure 1. How to mak ...

(4 pages) 80 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Substituents on Aromatic Aldehydes and How They Affect E/Z Selectivity in the Wittig Reaction

up is substituted in the ortho, meta, and para positions, and benzaldehyde serves as a control. The ylide used is (carbethoxymethylene) triphenylphosphorane. Through the utilization of NMR spectroscop ... The starting materials for a Wittig Reaction are a compound with a carbonyl group and a phosphorus ylide. The carbon of the carbonyl is a strong electrophile because the oxygen pulls electron density ...

(20 pages) 20 0 3.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry