It is used in organic synthesis, wittig reagent.
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Applications
It is used in organic synthesis, wittig reagent.
Solubility
Soluble in Methanol (almost transparency).
Notes
Air sensitive. Store in refrigerator. Store away from oxidizing agent, air.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Meenakshisundaram Kalyanasundari; Krishnaswamy Panchanatheswaran; Ward T. Robinson; Huo Wen. Reactions of benzoylmethylenetriphenylphosphorane with mercury(II) halides: spectral and structural characterization of [(C6H5)3PCHCOC6H5 · HgCl2]2 · 2CH3OH and [(C6H5)3PCHCOC6H5 · HgI2]2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 1995, 491 (1-2), 103-109.
- M. Mohan Raj; A. Dharmaraja; K. Panchanatheswaran; K.A. Venkatesan; T.G. Srinivasan; P.R. Vasudeva Rao. Extraction of fission palladium(II) from nitric acid by benzoylmethylenetriphenylphosphorane (BMTPP). Analytica Chimica Acta. 2006, 84 (1-2), 118-124.
- Stable ylide which reacts with aldehydes to give ɑß-unsaturated ketones. See Appendix 1. For preparation of unsubstituted vinyl ketones from this and related ylides with paraformaldehyde, see: Synthesis, 31 (1970).
- Can be converted by C-acylation to a diacylphosphorane, which can be oxidized to a 1,2,3-triketone. For reaction scheme, see N,O-Bis(trimethyl silyl) acetamide, L00183.