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The Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction in Natural Products Synthesis: Expedient Construction of Complex (<i>E</i>)-Enones Using Barium Hydroxide

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1993

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Abstract

The barium hydroxide promoted Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction is a mild and efficient method for the coupling of ß-ketophosphonates with structurally complex, base-sensitive aldehydes in equimolar quantities to give (E)-enones.