Wolff rearrangement

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Etymology[edit]

For the German chemist Ludwig Wolff

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Wolff rearrangement (plural Wolff rearrangements)

  1. (organic chemistry) A reaction in which an α-diazocarbonyl compound is converted into a ketene and then into a variety of other compounds