Unlike a phosphonium ylide, which reacts with an aldehyde or ketone to form an alkene, a sulfonium

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Unlike a phosphonium ylide, which reacts with an aldehyde or ketone to form an alkene, a sulfonium ylide reacts with an aldehyde or ketone to form an epoxide. Explain why one ylide forms an alkene, whereas the other forms an epoxide.
CH;SCH3 CH;CH,CH + (CH3)2S=CH2 CH;CH2CH-CH, +
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0131407480

4th edition

Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

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