- Thorpe reaction
The Thorpe reaction is a
chemical reaction described as a self-condensation ofaliphatic nitrile s catalyzed by base to formenamine s.Ref|Baron1904Ref|Ziegler1933Ref|Schaefer1967 The reaction was discovered byJocelyn Field Thorpe .Thorpe-Ziegler reaction
The Thorpe-Ziegler reaction or Ziegler method is the
intramolecular modification with a dinitrile as a reactant and a cyclicketone as the final reaction product after acidic hydrolysis. The reaction is conceptually related to theDieckmann condensation and named afterKarl Ziegler .External links
* Thorpe-Ziegler reaction: "4-Phosphorinanone, 1-phenyl-"
Organic Syntheses , Coll. Vol. 6, p.932 (1988); Vol. 53, p.98 (1973) [http://www.orgsynth.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV6P0932.pdf Link]References
# Baron, H.; Remfry, F. G. P.; Thorpe, Y. F. "
J. Chem. Soc. " 1904, "85", 1726.
#Karl Ziegler "et al." "Ann." 1933, "504", 94.
# Schaefer, J. P.; Bloomfield, J. J. "Org. React." 1967, "15", 1. (Review)
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