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Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

noun

Etymology

Named after the Russian chemist Georg Wagner (Yegor Yegorovich Vagner), and Hans Meerwein.

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of carbocation 1,2-rearrangement reactions in which a hydrogen, alkyl or…

    Any of a class of carbocation 1,2-rearrangement reactions in which a hydrogen, alkyl or aryl group migrates from one carbon to a neighbouring carbon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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