Primary References

• Wittig, G.; Lohmann, L. Ann., 1942, 550, 260.
• a [1,2]-rearrangement is the prototype reaction.
• Nakai, T.; Mikami, K. Chem. Rev. 1986, 86, 885-902.
• Nakai, T.; Mikami Org. React., 1994, 46, 105-210.



• Recent Examples

  • Kunishima, M.;* Hioki, K.; Kono, K.; Kato, A.; Tani, S.* J. Org. Chem., 1997, 62, 7542-7543.
  • a SmI₂-induced Wittig rearrangement rather than the normal base-induced.

  

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