Meanings
nounWittig reaction (plural Wittig reactions)
plural Wittig reactions
- A chemical reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl phosphonium ylide to give an alkene and triphenylphosphine oxide.
Origin
The Wittig reaction was discovered in 1954 by Georg Wittig.
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