Wednesday 13 August 2014



Favorskii Rearrangement

α -Haloketones with base afford enolates which rearrange to give esters via cyclopropanones.
Mechanism


                          Favorskii rearrangement mechanism



The direction of ring opening of cyclopropanone is determined by the more stable carbanion, formed in the reaction.
Examples:






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