English Explanatory Dictionary

Brook rearrangement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rearrangement name reaction in which an organosilyl group switches position with a hydroxyl proton over a carbon-to-oxygen covalent bond under the influence of a base, yielding a silyl ether.

Word forms

Brook rearrangement Brook rearrangements

Etymology

Named after the Canadian chemist Adrian Gibbs Brook (1924–2013).

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