Wittig Reaction - Prep and Products
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1. What steps are necessary to prepare the following Wittig reagent from triphenylphosphine.
2. How the I explains its reactivity as a nucleophile by a resonance structure.
3. What product is obtained when it is combined with benzaldehyde?
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Handwritten solution showing the equations and calculations to prepare a Wittig reagent, explain its reactivity and determine the product obtained by combining it with an aldehyde.
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