Eschenmoser fragmentation

noun

The chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones with aryl sulfonylhydrazines to give alkynes and carbonyl compounds.

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Meanings

nounEschenmoser fragmentation (usually uncountable, plural Eschenmoser fragmentations)

plural Eschenmoser fragmentations

  1. uncountableusuallyThe chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones with aryl sulfonylhydrazines to give alkynes and carbonyl compounds.

Origin

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

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Eschenmoser fragmentation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eschenmoser%20fragmentation

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“Eschenmoser fragmentation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eschenmoser%20fragmentation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eschenmoser fragmentation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eschenmoser%20fragmentation.

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