Etymology

Brook rearrangement

Today it means: A rearrangement name reaction in which an organosilyl group switches position with a hydroxyl proton over a carbon-to-oxygen covalent bond under the influence of a base, yielding a silyl ether. Full definition →

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Named after the Canadian chemist Adrian Gibbs Brook (1924–2013).

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