Strong Bicyclic Guanidine Base-Promoted Wittig and Horner−Wadsworth−Emmons Reactions

A convenient procedure to effect the Wittig and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions employs guanidine TBD and MTBD as base-promoters; mild reaction conditions, high efficiency, and facile isolation of the final products make the present methodology, at least in some cases, a practical alternative to known procedures.