Eschenmoser fragmentation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones with aryl sulfonylhydrazines to give alkynes and carbonyl compounds.

Word forms

Eschenmoser fragmentation Eschenmoser fragmentations

Etymology

Named after the Swiss chemist Albert Eschenmoser, who devised it in collaboration with an industrial research group.

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