wittig reaction experiment: Week 1 -》 preparation of phosphonium salt  Materials : triphenylphosphine (5.3g),methyl Bromoacetate 3.36g (2.1ml)  , ethanol 30ml . The yield obtained was 8.93g .The percentage yield was

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Draw a mechanism reaction from week 1 and 2

A wittig reaction experiment:

Week 1 -》 preparation of phosphonium salt 

Materials : triphenylphosphine (5.3g),methyl Bromoacetate 3.36g (2.1ml)  , ethanol 30ml . The yield obtained was 8.93g .The percentage yield was 106.4%

 

Week 2 -》 Formation of the ylide and wittig reaction 

Materials :Phosphonium salt  (5g),  napthyl-2- carboxaldehyde( 2.65g), 20 ml of water and 5 nl of Nahco3.

Yield obtained was 0.51g . The percentage yield was 14.2%.

 

Week 3: Solvent free wittig reaction 

Materials: Benzyltriphenylphosphonium chloride (0.5g ), 4 - Bromoabenzaldehyde (0.24g), Potassium phosphate (tribasi c) 0.275g .The yield obtained was 1.21g. The  percentage yield was 35.6%.

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