The Wittig Reaction – Formal Report By: Alexander Davies Introduction Alkenes are important initial building blocks in many organic synthesis routes, as shown by Scheme 1.1 It is paramount, therefore, that we have the ability to synthesize alkenes from other readily available, cheap material. Scheme 1: Examples of one-step reactions from an alkene starting material. This illustrates the huge diversity of olefin products; and as such the need to be stereoselective in how one can synthesise said functionality within a molecule. […]
