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The Michaelis–Becker reaction is the reaction of a hydrogen 
phosphonate
In organic chemistry, phosphonates or phosphonic acids are organophosphorus compounds containing groups (where R = alkyl, aryl, or just hydrogen). Phosphonic acids, typically handled as salts, are generally nonvolatile solids that are poorl ...
with a base, followed by a nucleophilic substitution
In chemistry, a nucleophilic substitution is a class of chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass c ...
of phosphorus on a haloalkane
The haloalkanes (also known as halogenoalkanes or alkyl halides) are alkanes containing one or more halogen substituents. They are a subset of the general class of halocarbons, although the distinction is not often made. Haloalkanes are widely ...
, to give an alkyl
In organic chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen.
The term ''alkyl'' is intentionally unspecific to include many possible substitutions.
An acyclic alkyl has the general formula of . A cycloalkyl is derived from a cycloal ...
phosphonate. Yield
Yield may refer to:
Measures of output/function
Computer science
* Yield (multithreading) is an action that occurs in a computer program during multithreading
* See generator (computer programming)
Physics/chemistry
* Yield (chemistry), the amo ...
s of this reaction are often lower than the corresponding Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction
The Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction (also called the Arbuzov reaction) is the chemical reaction of a trivalent phosphorus ester with an alkyl halide to form a pentavalent phosphorus species and another alkyl halide. The picture below shows the most co ...
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