Claisen rearrangement
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Discovered by German chemist Rainer Ludwig Claisen.
Noun
[edit]Claisen rearrangement (plural Claisen rearrangements)
- (organic chemistry) 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.