Triphenylphosphine → [(E)-cinnamyl]-triphenyl-phosphonium chloride

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88.2 parts of triphenylphosphine was dissolved in 240 parts of xylene and 51.3 parts of cinnamyl chloride was added thereto. The mixture was heated at 130° C. for 4 hr. After the mixture was cooled to 30° C., the resulting colorless crystals were collected by filtration and washed with toluene to obtain 117.4 parts of cinnamyltriphenylphosphonium chloride (compound No. 15).

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