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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron. 2010 Jun;66(26):4760–4768. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.03.044

Table 3.

Effects of various phosphines and additives on the vinylogous Wittig reaction

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Entry Ar PAr3 (equiv) Additive Additive (mol %) Yielda [%]
1 4-FC6H4 1 BF3·Et2O 10 63
2 4-FC6H4 1 None N/A 30
3 4-FC6H4 1 BF3·Et2O 20 56
4 4-FC6H4 1.3 BF3·Et2O 30 66
5 Ph 1 BF3·Et2O 100 0
6 Ph 2 BF3·Et2O 100 0
7b 4-FC6H4 1 BF3·Et2O 10 52
8 4-FC6H4 1 TiCl4 10 62
9 Ph 1 TBAF 10 28
a

Isolated yield.

b

MeOH (two drops) was added.