LETTER	Synlett 2006: 1717-1718   DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947323
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
One-Pot Wittig Reactions in Water and in the Presence of a Surfactant
Fulvia Orsini*, Guido Sello, Tiziano Fumagalli
Dipartimento di Chimica Organica ed Industriale, via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy e-Mail: fulvia.orsini@unimi.it;
Received 15 March 2006

Abstract

α,β-Unsaturated esters were synthesized in open atmosphere via mild and efficient one-pot Wittig reactions performed in both water and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-water solution.

Key words

alkenes - esters - Wittig reaction - micelles