Putting a new twist on an old favorite of organic chemistry, researchers have unveiled the phospha-bora-Wittig reaction. It offers a relatively straightforward way to prepare phosphaalkenes, which are ...

The original plan was to develop a new ligand, the shell of a catalyst, so to speak. Specifically, the research groups of Dr. habil. Christian Hering-Junghans and Prof. Torsten Beweries at the Rostock ...

The Wittig reaction is a time-honored tool for transforming carbonyl groups into olefins, but it makes a waste product, triphenylphosphine oxide, that can be tough to remove. Now, Christopher J.

The combination of a cyclic phosphine oxide and a chemoselective reducing agent are key in the discovery of a catalytic Wittig reaction. The formation of carbon–carbon double bonds using Wittig-type ...