When treated with a Lewis Base, Tebbe's reagent can form one of these, and early attempts to isolate this functional group from the dehydration of methanol were fruitless.
A phenyl substituted one of these reacts with an alkyne to yield a substituted naphthol in the Dötz reaction. When treated with a Lewis Base, Tebbe's reagent can form one of these, and early attempts to isolate this functional group from the dehydration of methanol were fruitless. The active sites of enzymes can be characterized by the reaction of one of these formed by the photolysis of a diazo compound, and they are also formed during the decomposition of diazo compounds in an intermediate step in the Bamford- Stevens reaction. Triphenylphosphine attacks one of these to form an ylide in an intermediate step in the Corey-Fuchs reaction, and along with Grubbs' Catalyst, special members of this class of organic compounds can be used as catalysts for olefin metathesis, called the Shrock variety. For 10 points, name this class of organic compounds, which contain a carbon with an empty p-subshell.
A phenyl substituted one of these reacts with an alkyne to yield a substituted naphthol in the Dötz reaction.
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