Chapter 21: 19P (page 817)
Draw the products (including stereoisomers) formed when benzaldehyde (C6H5CHO) is treated with each Wittig reagent
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b.


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Chapter 21: 19P (page 817)
Draw the products (including stereoisomers) formed when benzaldehyde (C6H5CHO) is treated with each Wittig reagent
a.

b.


a.

b.

c.

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