Methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide, 98+%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

General References:

1. Precursor of Wittig ylide for methylenation of carbonyl compounds (see Appendix 1). See, e.g.: Org. Synth. Coll., 5, 751 (1973). A simplified procedure using K₂CO₃ in triglyme has been reported: Synth. Commun., 22, 513 (1992).
2. Where the ylide is insufficiently reactive, a further proton can be removed by s-BuLi or t-BuLi, and the resulting lithio ylide reacted with hindered ketones such as fenchone: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 104, 4724 (1982). Reaction of the lithio ylide with an epoxide generates a new ylide, with which Wittig olefination of aldehydes gives trans-homoallylic alcohols (same ref.):
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