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Skeletal rearrangement of α-hydroxy-ketones upon electron impact

Abstract

A skeletal rearrangement induced by electron impact in a number of α-hydroxy-ketones has been studied. Methyl, ethyl, and possibly hydrogen undergo ready 1,2-shifts. The rearrangement is not brought about by thermal excitation and is analogous to the acid-catalysed acyloin transformation described by Favorskii. Evidence is presented that the electron-impact induced transformation proceeds by rearrangement of the molecular ions, and the possibility of determining migratory aptitudes is discussed.

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Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/J39680002909
Citation: J. Chem. Soc. C, 1968,0, 2909-2912
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    Skeletal rearrangement of α-hydroxy-ketones upon electron impact

    M. J. Frearson and D. M. Brown, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1968, 0, 2909
    DOI: 10.1039/J39680002909

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