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Does rearrangement occur in schmidt reaction? [closed]
I recently read about schmidt reaction in which a carboxylic acid is converted to an amine. While forming this, acyl carbocation $(\ce{RCO+})$ is formed, so does rearrangement takes place or reaction ...
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Formation of tetrazoles from ketones in Schmidt reaction
Normally in Schmidt reaction of ketones, amides are formed however for some reason here further reaction takes place and a tetrazole is formed. Here is my try for this reaction mechanism (if my ...
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What is the product of reaction between 3,3-dimethyl butanal and SeO2 followed by conc. OH- ions?
So basically first step will be replacement of $\ce{-CH2 -}$ by a ($\ce{=O}$ bond) making a aldehyde and ketone side by side. Now what should I do after this? I tried attacking the aldehyde first as ...
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Ring expansion of two fused rings to a larger ring
I saw the following reaction mechanism in paper Tetrahedron Lett. 1976, 17 (33), 2869–2872.:
I'm not able to understand the following parts:
How did the conversion of 27 to 29 take place? I've never ...
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Acid Catalysed Ring Expansion – Mechanism?
Ring expansion of vinyl cyclobutane -
Could someone please help me with a detailed mechanism for the above conversion?
It is the acid-catalyzed rearrangement of 4,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-...
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