Conclusions
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Only the trans-trans olefin, containing mercury, is formed when benzaldehyde is reacted with mercuri-bis-triphenylphosphinocarbomethoxymethylene.
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The reaction of acetaldehyde with the same ylid leads to a mixture of the cis-cis and trans-trans olefins.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1189–1191, May, 1972.
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Nesmeyanov, N.A., Kalinin, A.V., Petrosyan, V.S. et al. Stereochemistry of wittig reaction of mercurated ylids with aldehydes. Russ Chem Bull 21, 1142–1144 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00853791
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