Me
Ph3P H
O
H
-[Ph3P=O] Me
Z-alkene 4
W ittig Olefination: Background and Principles
Stereoselectivity with stabilized ylides
Me
Ph3P
O
O
Ph3P
OEt
Ph3P
Me
se m is tab ilize d
Peterson Olefination D. J. Ager, Synthesis 1984, 384. Julia (Julia-Lythgoe) Olefination B. M. Trost, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1988, 61, 107.
1
PPh3 + X R1
drives reaction
Ph
Ph P Ph
O
R1
oxaphosphatane
Ph Ph Ph
P
O
R1
betaine
G. W ittig and G. Schollkopf, Chem . Ber. 1954, 87, 1318. 2
W ittig Olefination: Background and Principles
Incredibly stable; not moisture sensitive, can be chromatographed Price for stability is lower reactivity: reacts well with aldehydes, slowly with ketones
TBSO
Me H Me O