Talk:Georg Wittig

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CH₃C(-)H-P-Ph₃ + PhCHO → PhCH=CHCH₃ + Ph₃PO

Ylide (or betaine) + Aldehyde -> Alkene

Those chemical equations up there were in the middle of the article. They did not make any sense being there at all. Was there a reason? I assume they're something Georg had something to do with, so I moved them here. --Phroziac (talk) 14:55, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, they represent the Wittig reaction, although it's odd that no-one gave them any context back in '05. Tomásdearg92 (talk) 20:48, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]