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Wittig Reaction

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Introduction
Reaction
Purification
Analysis
Clean Up
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Reaction

First, weigh out the necessary reagents.

Write down the masses in your lab notebook.

aldehyde

The photo shows a piece of weighing paper on top of a laboratory scale. On top of the weighing paper is a small pile of light yellow powder. The screen on the scale reads “0.0756 g.” Next to the scale is a small brown glass reagent bottle labeled “2-nitro benzaldehyde.”

ylide

The photo shows a piece of weighing paper on top of a laboratory scale. On top of the weighing paper is a large pile of white powder. The screen on the scale reads “0.1735 g.” Next to the scale is a small brown glass reagent bottle labeled “methyl(triphenyl-phosphoranylidene)acetate.”

silica gel

The photo shows a piece of weighing paper on top of a laboratory scale. On top of the weighing paper is a small pile of white powder. The screen on the scale reads “0.1003 g.” Next to the scale is a small brown glass reagent bottle labeled “silica gel.”

Start the reaction!

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