Eschenmoser fragmentation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Eschenmoser fragmentation (usually uncountable, plural Eschenmoser fragmentations)

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