English Explanatory Dictionary

Claisen rearrangement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A powerful carbon–carbon bond-forming chemical reaction, in which the heating of an allyl vinyl ether initiates a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to give a γ,δ-unsaturated carbonyl.

Word forms

Claisen rearrangement Claisen rearrangements

Etymology

Discovered by German chemist Rainer Ludwig Claisen.

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