{"id":5065,"date":"2018-11-30T09:05:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5065"},"modified":"2018-11-30T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T21:23:30","slug":"propose-mechanism-chemical-equation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/11\/30\/propose-mechanism-chemical-equation\/","title":{"rendered":"Propose mechanism: (chemical equation)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Propose mechanism (chemical equation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m sure you’re wittig (:P) enough to do the work on this ylide formation on your own, but if you need resources, here’s a handy reference: bit.ly\/wittig-reaction. (BTW, it’s “PPh3” not “PhP3”). According to a chemist friend, it might help to think of it as a war: Electrons are the ammo. Some atoms have extra, and we call those lone pairs. Phosphorus is one of these. Some atoms are vulnerable, like the carbon atom that the X is attached to. The lone pair on the phosphorus attacks the carbon, kicks off the X (it’s usually chloride), and now it’s attached to that carbon. The X is now floating around naked and afraid, so it grabs a hydrogen off that carbon it just left and now it’s happy. This creates a double bond between the carbon and the phosphorus, which is the ylide, and which will now go on to do the Wittig reaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sure you’re wittig (:P) enough to do the work on this ylide formation on your own, but if you need resources, here’s a handy reference: bit.ly\/wittig-reaction. (BTW, it’s “PPh3” not “PhP3”). According to a chemist friend, it might help to think of it as a war: Electrons are the ammo. Some atoms have extra, … <\/p>\n

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