WITTIG REACTION: Wittig reaction is a powerful synthetic method used to convert a carbonyl compound, typically an aldehyde or ketone, into an alkene using a phosphorus ylide as the key reagent. The reaction is named after the German chemist Georg Wittig, who developed this transformation and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for his work.
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