What Is the Role of N-BuLi in the Following Reaction

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is the role of n-BuLi in the following reaction?

• A)to deprotonate the phosponium salt and create a ylide
• B)to deprotonate the ketone and create an enolate
• C)to act as a Grignard and nucleophilically attack the carbonyl
• D)to stabilize the phosphorous-oxygen interaction

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