Other Notes Horner-Wittig reagent for the synthesis of α-fluoro-α,β-unsaturated esters8,9,10 Application Reactant for: • Diels-Alder reactions1 • Biosynthesis of terpene2 • Stereoselective synthesis of unsaturated esters, fluorides and nitriles from the reactions of aldehydes and ketones using Wadsworth-Emmons phosphonates3 • Synthesis of quinolones4 • Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons asymmetric hydration5 • Addition reactions and the subsequent application to click chemistry6 • Asymmetric intermolecular Stetter reactions7 |