A failed experiment and chance open up new paths to an established reaction for chemists
The original plan of the research groups of Dr. habil. Christian Hering-Junghans and Prof. Torsten Beweries at the Rostock ...
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The Wittig reaction cleans up
The reaction between phosphorus ylides and carbonyl compounds was developed serendipitously by Georg Wittig and co-workers in 1953 (ref. 4), although the basic reaction had actually been ...