Abstract
An experiment has been devised that illustrates three important concepts in organic chemistry: the synthesis of an alkene via the Wittig reaction, characterization of a reactive intermediate by 1H NMR, and site - specific deuterium labelling. Deprotonation of ethyltriphenylphosphonium iodide (1) by methylsulfinyl carbanion (generated in situ by the reaction of NaH with DMSO-d6) results in the formation of the ylide, CH3CH-PPH3(2 -H). An ensuing, rapid deuterium exchange process between the deuterated solvent, and 2-H at the C-1 position affords CH3CD - PPH3 (2-D). The 1H NMR spectrum of 2-D was obtained, and the ylide was quenched with benzophenone to obtain 2-deutero-diphenylpropene (3) in 42% yield.
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