English Explanatory Dictionary

Wittig reaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chemical reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl phosphonium ylide to give an alkene and triphenylphosphine oxide.

Word forms

Wittig reaction Wittig reactions

Etymology

The Wittig reaction was discovered in 1954 by Georg Wittig.

Related words

Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction
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