One-pot combination of the Wittig olefination with oxidation, hydrogenation, bromination, and photocyclization reactions

Co-polycondensation of tetramethoxysilane, 2-diphenyl(phosphino)ethyltri(ethoxy)silane, and N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltri(methoxy)silane forms a heterogenized tertiary phosphine reagent (HPR) that reacts with benzyl chlorides and aldehydes to give alkenes. This Wittig condensation can be coupled, as a one-pot process, with hydrogenation, oxidation, bromination or photocyclization.