Nef reaction

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In organic chemistry, the Nef reaction is an organic reaction describing the acid hydrolysis of a salt of a primary or secondary nitroalkane (R−NO2) to an aldehyde (R−CH=O) or a ketone (R2C=O) and nitroxyl (HNO), which rapidly converts to nitrous oxide (N2O).

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