Etymology

Eschenmoser fragmentation

Today it means: The chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones with aryl sulfonylhydrazines to give alkynes and carbonyl compounds. Full definition →

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Named after the Swiss chemist Albert Eschenmoser, who devised it in collaboration with an industrial research group.

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