Eschenmoser fragmentation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Eschenmoser fragmentation (usually uncountable, plural Eschenmoser fragmentations)

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