On the origins of stereoselectivity in the Wittig reaction

Application of the pople-santry-segal CNDO method to the cyclopropylcarbinyl and cyclobutyl cation and to bicyclobutane

Kenneth B. Wiberg · Tetrahedron · 1968 · 4.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +1

Reactivity and Selectivity in the Wittig Reaction:  A Computational Study

Raphaël Robiette, Jeffery Richardson, Varinder K. Aggarwal et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 194 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Computational Chemistry +15

Direct observation of oxaphosphetanes from typical Wittig reactions

Edwin Vedējs, K. A. J. Snoble · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1973 · 175 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +5

Generation of Phosphoranes Derived from Phosphites. A New Class of Phosphorus Ylides Leading to High <i>E</i> Selectivity with Semi-stabilizing Groups in Wittig Olefinations

Varinder K. Aggarwal, J. Robin Fulton, Chris G. Sheldon et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 172 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +9

Kinetic (not equilibrium) factors are dominant in Wittig reactions of conjugated ylides

Edwin Vedējs, Thomas J. Fleck · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1989 · 125 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +6