Claisen rearrangement

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Etymology

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Discovered by German chemist Rainer Ludwig Claisen.

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Claisen rearrangement (plural Claisen rearrangements)

  1. (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.
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